Thyreophora

Scutellosaurus

Thyreophora is a group of armoured Dinosaurs, part of the Ornithischia.

Groups

• Ankylosauria
  • Ankylosauridae
  • Nodosauridae
  • Scelidosauridae?
• Stegosauria
  • Stegosauridae
  • Huayangosauridae
• Scutellosaurus

They lived from the Triassic to the Cretaceous (229-65 Mya).

Trivia

• The Stegosaurs are the only thyreophorans that did not survive until the great extinction, since they died out millions of years earlier.