List of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom

This is a partial list of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom, arranged by genus alphabetically.[1][2]

List of dinosaurs

Genus Picture Period Discovery locations and dates
Acanthopholis
Cretaceous (late) Folkestone, Kent in c. 1865[3]

Gault, Kent in 2000[4]

Altispinax Cretaceous (early) Battle, East Sussex in 1856[5]
Anoplosaurus Cretaceous (early) Cambridgeshire, no later than 1878[6]
Aristosuchus Cretaceous (early) Isle of Wight no later than 1876[7]
Asylosaurus Triassic (late) Avon Fissure Fill, Bristol in 1834[8]
Barilium Cretaceous (early) St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex between 1880 and 1888[9]
Baryonyx Cretaceous (early) Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1983[10]

Ewhurst Brickworks, Walliswood, Surrey in 1997[11]

Redlands Bricks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 1997[11]

Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010[12]

Bothriospondylus Jurassic (middle) Wiltshire no later than 1875[13]
Brighstoneus Cretaceous (early) Grange Chine, Isle of Wight in 1978[14]
Calamosaurus Cretaceous (early) Isle of Wight no later than 1889[15]
Calamospondylus Cretaceous (early) Isle of Wight in 1865,[16] 1866[17] and 2014
Callovosaurus Jurassic (middle) Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1889[18]
Camelotia Triassic (late) Westbury-on-Severn, Glastonbury no later than 1985[19]
Camptosaurus Jurassic (late) Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1880[20]
Cardiodon Jurassic (late) Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire no later than 1844[21]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire no later than 1890[22]

Ceratosuchops Cretaceous (early) Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight between 2013 and 2017[23]
Cetiosauriscus Jurassic (mid) New Peterborough Brick Company, Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1898[24]
Cetiosaurus Jurassic (mid) 19 sites including:

Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1825[25]

Staple-Hill, Wootton, Oxfordshire in 1841[26]

Sarsden, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in 1888[27]

Chondrosteosaurus Cretaceous (early) Brighstone or Brook, Isle of Wight no later than 1876[28]
Craterosaurus Cretaceous (early) Potton, Bedfordshire no later than 1874[29]
Cruxicheiros Jurassic (middle) Little Compton, Warwickshire in 1960s[30]
Cryptosaurus Jurassic (late) Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire in c. 1869[31]
Cumnoria Jurassic (late) Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1879 [32]
Dacentrurus Jurassic (late) Swindon Brick and Tile Company, Swindon, Wiltshire in 1874[33]
Dinodocus Cretaceous (early) Hythe, Kent in 1840[34]
Dracoraptor Jurassic (early) Penarth, Wales in 2014[35]
Duriatitan Jurassic (late) Sandsfoot, Weymouth, Dorset no later than 1874[36]
Duriavenator Jurassic (middle) Sherborne, Dorset in c. 1882[37]
Echinodon Cretaceous (early) Durdlestone Bay, Isle of Portland in c. 1861[38]
Eotyrannus Cretaceous (early) Isle of Wight in 1995[39]
Eucamerotus Cretaceous (early) Brighstone, Isle of Wight no later than 1872[40]
Eucercosaurus Cretaceous (early) Trumpington, Cambridgeshire no later than 1879[41]
Eustreptospondylus Jurassic (mid) Summertown Pit, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire in 1870[42]
Gigantosaurus Jurassic (late) Cottenham, Cambridgeshire in 1862[43]

Ely, Cambridgeshire in 1862[43] Stretham, Cambridgeshire in 1862[43]

Haestasaurus Cretaceous (early) Unknown location near Hastings, East Sussex in 1852[44]
Horshamosaurus Cretaceous (early) Rudgwick Brickworks Company, Rudgwick, West Sussex in 1985[45]
Hylaeosaurus Cretaceous (early) Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[46]

Stammerham Quarry, Horsham, West Sussex in 1826[47]

Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842[48]

Bolney, West Sussex in 1851[49]

Ridgeway Hill, Weymouth, Dorset in 1860[50]

Brixton Bay, Isle of Wight in 1874[51]

Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010[12]

Hypselospinus Cretaceous (early) Shornden, East Sussex in 1886[52]
Hypsilophodon Cretaceous (early) Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1849[53]

Isle of Wight in 1979[54]

Iguanodon Cretaceous (early) Over 60 sites including:

First discovery (tooth) at Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[46]

Iliosuchus Jurassic (middle) Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1880[55]
Iuticosaurus Cretaceous (early) Brook, Isle of Wight no later than 1887[56]
Juratyrant Jurassic (late) Dorset in 1984[57]
Mantellisaurus Cretaceous (early) Rockhill Quarry, Maidstone in 1834[58]

Atherfield, Isle of Wight in 1917[59]

Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1956[10]

Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight in 1976[60]

Grange Cline, Isle of Wight in 1989[61]

Megalosaurus Jurassic (mid) Over 30 sites including:

Tooth at Caswell, Oxfordshire in the 17th century,[62] lower femur at Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1676[63] and over 100 further bones found there from at least 7 individuals by 1911[64]

Metriacanthosaurus Jurassic (late) Jordan's Cliff, Weymouth, Dorset in 1871[65]
Neovenator Cretaceous (early) Brighstone Bay, Isle of Wight in 1978[61]
Owenodon Cretaceous (early) Durlston Bay, Dorset in 1860[66]
Pantydraco Jurassic (early) Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry, Bonvilston, Vale of Glamorgan in 1952[67]
Pelorosaurus Cretaceous (early) Cuckfield Quarry, West Sussex in 1822[49]

Upware, Cambridgeshire in 1883[68]

Polacanthus Cretaceous (early) 12 sites (9 on Isle of Wight, 2 in Sussex, 1 in Essex) including:

First discovery (partial skeleton) at Barnes High, Isle of Wight in 1865[69]

Another partial skeleton at Barnes High in 1979[70]

Proceratosaurus Jurassic (mid) Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire in 1910[71]
Riparovenator Cretaceous (early) Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight between 2013 and 2017[23]
Saltopus Triassic (late) Partial skeleton at Lossiemouth Quarries, Elgin, Moray in 1867[72]
Sarcosaurus Jurassic (early) Partial skeleton at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire in 1921[73]

Wilmcote, Warwickshire in 1908[74] and in 2004[75]

Scelidosaurus Jurassic (early) Partial skeletons at Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1850s,[76] in 1955[77] and in 1985[78]

Seatown, Dorset in 1987[79]

Thecodontosaurus Triassic (late) Durdham Down, Bristol in 1834[80]

Microlestes Quarry, Frome, Somerset in 1871[81]

Holwell, Frome, Somerset in 1889[82]

Ruthin Quarry, Glamorgan in 1957[83]

Tytherington Quarry, Gloucestershire in 1970s[84]

Valdosaurus Cretaceous (early) Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[46]

Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842[48]

Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1855[53]

Heathfield, East Sussex in 1975[85]

Isle of Wight in 2001[39]

Horsham, West Sussex in 2009[86]

Langhurstwood Quarry, Warnham, West Sussex in 2011[87]

Vectipelta Cretaceous (early) Isle of Wight in 1993[88][89]

Timeline

This is a timeline for these dinosaurs during the Mesozoic era. Time is measured in millions of years. Red for carnivores, blue for omnivores, green for herbivores.

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceousRiparovenatorCeratosuchopsVectipeltaNeovenatorIguanodonEotyrannusBaryonyxPolacanthusPelorosaurusHaestasaurusMantellisaurusHypsilophodonBecklespinaxValdosaurusHylaeosaurusDacentrurusCamptosaurusMetriacanthosaurusEustreptospondylusProceratosaurusCetiosauriscusMegalosaurusCetiosaurusSarcosaurusScelidosaurusPantydracoSaltopusThecodontosaurusMesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

See also

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