Named By: | Robert Hoffstetter in 1957 |
Time Period: | Middle - Late Jurassic, 164.7 Ma |
Location: | England - Oxford Clay Formation. Possibly France and Germany |
Size: | Uncertain but possibly about 5 to 6 meters long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Holotype consists of partial post cranial skeletal remains including vertebrae and a spike. More individuals and fossils may exist, but assignment is uncertain at this time |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Thyreophora | Stegosauria | |
Also known as: | | Omosaurus durobrivensis | Dacentrurus durobrivensis | |
Lexovisaurus is a genus of stegosaur from mid-to-Late Jurassic Europe, 164.7 mya. Fossils of limb bones and armor fragments have been found in middle to late Jurassic-aged strata of England and France.