List of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom
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| Genus | Picture | Period | Discovery locations and dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthopholis |  |
Cretaceous (late) | Folkestone, Kent in c. 1865[3] |
| Altispinax |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Battle, East Sussex in 1856[5] |
| Anoplosaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Cambridgeshire, no later than 1878[3] |
| Aristosuchus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight no later than 1876[6] |
| Asylosaurus |  |
Triassic (late) | Avon Fissure Fill, Bristol in 1834[7] |
| Barilium |  |
Cretaceous (early) | St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex between 1880 and 1888[8] |
| Baryonyx |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1983[9]
Ewhurst Brickworks, Walliswood, Surrey in 1997[10] Redlands Bricks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 1997[10] Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010[11] |
| Bothriospondylus |  |
Jurassic (middle) | Wiltshire no later than 1875[12] |
| Brighstoneus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Grange Chine, Isle of Wight in 1978[13] |
| Calamosaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight no later than 1889[14] |
| Calamospondylus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight in 1865,[15] 1866[16] and 2014 |
| Callovosaurus |  |
Jurassic (middle) | Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1889[17] |
| Camelotia |  |
Triassic (late) | Westbury-on-Severn, Glastonbury no later than 1985[18] |
| Camptosaurus |  |
Jurassic (late) | Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1880[19] |
| Cardiodon |  |
Jurassic (late) | Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire no later than 1844[20]
Cirencester, Gloucestershire no later than 1890[21] |
| Ceratosuchops |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight between 2013 and 2017[22] |
| Cetiosauriscus |  |
Jurassic (mid) | New Peterborough Brick Company, Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1898[23] |
| Cetiosaurus |  |
Jurassic (mid) | 19 sites including:
Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1825[24] Staple-Hill, Wootton, Oxfordshire in 1841[25] Sarsden, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in 1888[26] |
| Chondrosteosaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Brighstone or Brook, Isle of Wight no later than 1876[27] |
| Craterosaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Potton, Bedfordshire no later than 1874[28] |
| Cruxicheiros |  |
Jurassic (middle) | Little Compton, Warwickshire in 1960s[29] |
| Cryptosaurus |  |
Jurassic (late) | Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire in c. 1869[30] |
| Cumnoria |  |
Jurassic (late) | Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1879 [31] |
| Dacentrurus |  |
Jurassic (late) | Swindon Brick and Tile Company, Swindon, Wiltshire in 1874[32] |
| Dinodocus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Hythe, Kent in 1840[33] |
| Dracoraptor |  |
Jurassic (early) | Penarth, Wales in 2014[34] |
| Duriatitan |  |
Jurassic (late) | Sandsfoot, Weymouth, Dorset no later than 1874[35] |
| Duriavenator |  |
Jurassic (middle) | Sherborne, Dorset in c. 1882[36] |
| Echinodon |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Durdlestone Bay, Isle of Portland in c. 1861[37] |
| Eotyrannus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight in 1995[38] |
| Eucamerotus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Brighstone, Isle of Wight no later than 1872[39] |
| Eucercosaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Trumpington, Cambridgeshire no later than 1879[40] |
| Eustreptospondylus |  |
Jurassic (mid) | Summertown Pit, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire in 1870[41] |
| Gigantosaurus |  |
Jurassic (late) | Cottenham, Cambridgeshire in 1862[42]
Ely, Cambridgeshire in 1862[42] Stretham, Cambridgeshire in 1862[42] |
| Haestasaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Unknown location near Hastings, East Sussex in 1852[43] |
| Horshamosaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Rudgwick Brickworks Company, Rudgwick, West Sussex in 1985[44] |
| Hylaeosaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[45]
Stammerham Quarry, Horsham, West Sussex in 1826[46] Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842[47] Bolney, West Sussex in 1851[48] Ridgeway Hill, Weymouth, Dorset in 1860[49] Brixton Bay, Isle of Wight in 1874[50] Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010[11] |
| Hypselospinus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Shornden, East Sussex in 1886[51] |
| Hypsilophodon |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1849[52]
Isle of Wight in 1979[53] |
| Iguanodon |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Over 60 sites including:
First discovery (tooth) at Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[45] |
| Iliosuchus |  |
Jurassic (middle) | Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1880[54] |
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Cretaceous (early) | Compton Bay, Isle of Wight in 2013[55][56] |
| Iuticosaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Brook, Isle of Wight no later than 1887[57] |
| Juratyrant |  |
Jurassic (late) | Dorset in 1984[58] |
| Mantellisaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Rockhill Quarry, Maidstone in 1834[59]
Atherfield, Isle of Wight in 1917[60] Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1956[9] Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight in 1976[61] Grange Cline, Isle of Wight in 1989[62] |
| Megalosaurus |  |
Jurassic (mid) | Over 30 sites including:
Tooth at Caswell, Oxfordshire in the 17th century,[63] lower femur at Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1676[64] and over 100 further bones found there from at least 7 individuals by 1911[65] |
| Metriacanthosaurus |  |
Jurassic (late) | Jordan's Cliff, Weymouth, Dorset in 1871[66] |
| Neovenator |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Brighstone Bay, Isle of Wight in 1978[62] |
| Nuthetes |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Durlston Bay, near Swanage, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset sometime before 1854 when it was described by Richard Owen[67] |
| Owenodon |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Durlston Bay, Dorset in 1860[68] |
| Pantydraco |  |
Jurassic (early) | Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry, Bonvilston, Vale of Glamorgan in 1952[69] |
| Pelorosaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Cuckfield Quarry, West Sussex in 1822[48] |
| 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[71] Another partial skeleton at Barnes High in 1979[72] |
| Proceratosaurus |  |
Jurassic (mid) | Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire in 1910[73] |
| Riparovenator |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight between 2013 and 2017[22] |
| Saltopus |  |
Triassic (late) | Partial skeleton at Lossiemouth Quarries, Elgin, Moray in 1867[74] |
| Sarcosaurus |  |
Jurassic (early) | Partial skeleton at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire in 1921[75] |
| Scelidosaurus |  |
Jurassic (early) | Partial skeletons at Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1850s,[78] in 1955[79] and in 1985[80]
Seatown, Dorset in 1987[81] |
| Thecodontosaurus |  |
Triassic (late) | Durdham Down, Bristol in 1834[82]
Microlestes Quarry, Frome, Somerset in 1871[83] Holwell, Frome, Somerset in 1889[84] Ruthin Quarry, Glamorgan in 1957[85] Tytherington Quarry, Gloucestershire in 1970s[86] |
| Valdosaurus |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[45]
Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842[47] Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1855[52] Heathfield, East Sussex in 1975[87] Isle of Wight in 2001[38] Horsham, West Sussex in 2009[88] |
| Vectipelta |  |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight in 1993[90][91] |
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.
