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This is a partial list of dinosaurs found in the United Kingdom, arranged alphabetically.[1][2]
Genus | Picture | Period | Discovery locations and dates |
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Baryonyx | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1983[3]
Ewhurst Brickworks, Walliswood, Surrey in 1997[4] Redlands Bricks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 1997[4] Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010[5] |
Becklespinax | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Battle, East Sussex in 1856[6] |
Camptosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1880[7] |
Cetiosauriscus | Jurassic (mid) | New Peterborough Brick Company, Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1898[8] | |
Cetiosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (mid) | 19 sites including:
Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1825[9] Staple-Hill, Wootton, Oxfordshire in 1841[10] Sarsden, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in 1888[11] |
Dacentrurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Swindon Brick and Tile Company, Swindon, Wiltshire in 1874[12] |
Eotyrannus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight in 1995[13] |
Eustreptospondylus | ![]() |
Jurassic (mid) | Summertown Pit, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire in 1870[14] |
Hylaeosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[15]
Stammerham Quarry, Horsham, West Sussex in 1826[16] Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842[17] Bolney, West Sussex in 1851[18] Ridgeway Hill, Weymouth, Dorset in 1860[19] Brixton Bay, Isle of Wight in 1874[20] Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010[21] |
Hypsilophodon | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1849[22]
Isle of Wight in 1979[23] |
Ichthyosaur | ![]() |
Triassic to Cretaceous | Over 100 sites including:
First complete skull at Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1811[24] Complete skeleton at Rutland Water, Rutland in 2021[25] |
Iguanodon | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Over 60 sites including:
First discovery (tooth) at Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[15] |
Mantellisaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Rockhill Quarry, Maidstone in 1834[26]
Atherfield, Isle of Wight in 1917[27] Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1956[28] Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight in 1976[29] Grange Cline, Isle of Wight in 1989[30] |
Megalosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (mid) | Over 30 sites including:
Lower femur at Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1676[31] and over 100 further bones there from at least 7 individuals by 1911[32] |
Metriacanthosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Jordan's Cliff, Weymouth, Dorset in 1871[33] |
Neovenator | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Brighstone Bay, Isle of Wight in 1978[34] |
Pantydraco | ![]() |
Jurassic (early) | Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry, Bonvilston, Vale of Glamorgan in 1952[35] |
Pelorosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Cuckfield Quarry, West Sussex in 1822[36] |
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[38] Another partial skeleton at Barnes High in 1979[39] |
Proceratosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (mid) | Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire in 1910[40] |
Saltopus | ![]() |
Triassic (late) | Partial skeleton at Lossiemouth Quarries, Elgin, Moray in 1867[41] |
Sarcosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (early) | Partial skeleton at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire in 1921[42] |
Scelidosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (early) | Partial skeletons at Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1850s[45], in 1955[46] and in 1985[47]
Seatown, Dorset in 1987[48] |
Thecodontosaurus | ![]() |
Triassic (late) | Durdham Down, Bristol in 1834[49]
Microlestes Quarry, Frome, Somerset in 1871[50] Holwell, Frome, Somerset in 1889[51] Ruthin Quarry, Glamorgan in 1957[52] Tytherington Quarry, Gloucestershire in 1970s[53] |
Valdosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[15]
Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842[17] Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1855[22] Heathfield, East Sussex in 1975[54] Isle of Wight in 2001[55] Horsham, West Sussex in 2009[56] |