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plated dinosaur · Doubtful name
Lexovisaurus
Say it like this: “lek-SOH-vi-SOR-us”
Lexovisaurus durobrivensis
Lexovisaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Callovian) · roughly 165.3 to 161.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 1957 · Hoffstetter, R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 6 m · 20 ft
- Weight
- 2.5 tonnes
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Oxford Clay
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- plated dinosaur · Stegosaur
- Family branch
- Stegosauria
The story in short
Lexovisaurus was formally named in 1957 by R. Hoffstetter.
Fossils referred to Lexovisaurus date to the Middle Jurassic (Callovian), roughly 165.3 to 161.5 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Oxford Clay Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Lexovisaurus at a length near 6 m and a body mass around 2.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Stegosauria, among the plated dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Amargastegos
Amargastegos brevicollus
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Baiyinosaurus
Baiyinosaurus baojiensis
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago
Bashanosaurus
Bashanosaurus primitivus
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Bajocian–Oxfordian) · roughly 170.9 to 154.8 million years ago