This is a partial list of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom, arranged by genus alphabetically.[1][2]
Genus | Picture | Period | Discovery locations and dates |
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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[6] |
Aristosuchus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight no later than 1876[7] |
Asylosaurus | ![]() |
Triassic (late) | Avon Fissure Fill, Bristol in 1834[8] |
Barilium | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex between 1880 and 1888[9] |
Baryonyx | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1983[10]
Ewhurst Brickworks, Walliswood, Surrey in 1997[11] Redlands Bricks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 1997[11] Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010[12] |
Bothriospondylus | ![]() |
Jurassic (middle) | Wiltshire no later than 1875[13] |
Brighstoneus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Grange Chine, Isle of Wight in 1978[14] |
Calamosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight no later than 1889[15] |
Calamospondylus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight in 1865,[16] 1866[17] and 2014 |
Callovosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (middle) | Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1889[18] |
Camelotia | ![]() |
Triassic (late) | Westbury-on-Severn, Glastonbury no later than 1985[19] |
Camptosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1880[20] |
Cardiodon | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire no later than 1844[21]
Cirencester, Gloucestershire no later than 1890[22] |
Ceratosuchops | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight between 2013 and 2017[23] |
Cetiosauriscus | ![]() |
Jurassic (mid) | New Peterborough Brick Company, Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1898[24] |
Cetiosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (mid) | 19 sites including:
Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1825[25] Staple-Hill, Wootton, Oxfordshire in 1841[26] Sarsden, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in 1888[27] |
Chondrosteosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Brighstone or Brook, Isle of Wight no later than 1876[28] |
Craterosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Potton, Bedfordshire no later than 1874[29] |
Cruxicheiros | ![]() |
Jurassic (middle) | Little Compton, Warwickshire in 1960s[30] |
Cryptosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire in c. 1869[31] |
Cumnoria | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1879 [32] |
Dacentrurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Swindon Brick and Tile Company, Swindon, Wiltshire in 1874[33] |
Dinodocus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Hythe, Kent in 1840[34] |
Dracoraptor | ![]() |
Jurassic (early) | Penarth, Wales in 2014[35] |
Duriatitan | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Sandsfoot, Weymouth, Dorset no later than 1874[36] |
Duriavenator | ![]() |
Jurassic (middle) | Sherborne, Dorset in c. 1882[37] |
Echinodon | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Durdlestone Bay, Isle of Portland in c. 1861[38] |
Eotyrannus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight in 1995[39] |
Eucamerotus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Brighstone, Isle of Wight no later than 1872[40] |
Eucercosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Trumpington, Cambridgeshire no later than 1879[41] |
Eustreptospondylus | ![]() |
Jurassic (mid) | Summertown Pit, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire in 1870[42] |
Gigantosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Cottenham, Cambridgeshire in 1862[43]
Ely, Cambridgeshire in 1862[43] Stretham, Cambridgeshire in 1862[43] |
Haestasaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Unknown location near Hastings, East Sussex in 1852[44] |
Horshamosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Rudgwick Brickworks Company, Rudgwick, West Sussex in 1985[45] |
Hylaeosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[46]
Stammerham Quarry, Horsham, West Sussex in 1826[47] Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842[48] Bolney, West Sussex in 1851[49] Ridgeway Hill, Weymouth, Dorset in 1860[50] Brixton Bay, Isle of Wight in 1874[51] Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010[12] |
Hypselospinus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Shornden, East Sussex in 1886[52] |
Hypsilophodon | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1849[53]
Isle of Wight in 1979[54] |
Iguanodon | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Over 60 sites including:
First discovery (tooth) at Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[46] |
Iliosuchus | ![]() |
Jurassic (middle) | Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1880[55] |
Iuticosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Brook, Isle of Wight no later than 1887[56] |
Juratyrant | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Dorset in 1984[57] |
Mantellisaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Rockhill Quarry, Maidstone in 1834[58]
Atherfield, Isle of Wight in 1917[59] Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1956[10] Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight in 1976[60] Grange Cline, Isle of Wight in 1989[61] |
Megalosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (mid) | Over 30 sites including:
Tooth at Caswell, Oxfordshire in the 17th century,[62] lower femur at Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1676[63] and over 100 further bones found there from at least 7 individuals by 1911[64] |
Metriacanthosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (late) | Jordan's Cliff, Weymouth, Dorset in 1871[65] |
Neovenator | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Brighstone Bay, Isle of Wight in 1978[61] |
Owenodon | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Durlston Bay, Dorset in 1860[66] |
Pantydraco | ![]() |
Jurassic (early) | Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry, Bonvilston, Vale of Glamorgan in 1952[67] |
Pelorosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Cuckfield Quarry, West Sussex in 1822[49] |
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[69] Another partial skeleton at Barnes High in 1979[70] |
Proceratosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (mid) | Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire in 1910[71] |
Riparovenator | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight between 2013 and 2017[23] |
Saltopus | ![]() |
Triassic (late) | Partial skeleton at Lossiemouth Quarries, Elgin, Moray in 1867[72] |
Sarcosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (early) | Partial skeleton at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire in 1921[73] |
Scelidosaurus | ![]() |
Jurassic (early) | Partial skeletons at Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1850s,[76] in 1955[77] and in 1985[78]
Seatown, Dorset in 1987[79] |
Thecodontosaurus | ![]() |
Triassic (late) | Durdham Down, Bristol in 1834[80]
Microlestes Quarry, Frome, Somerset in 1871[81] Holwell, Frome, Somerset in 1889[82] Ruthin Quarry, Glamorgan in 1957[83] Tytherington Quarry, Gloucestershire in 1970s[84] |
Valdosaurus | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822[46]
Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842[48] Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1855[53] Heathfield, East Sussex in 1975[85] Isle of Wight in 2001[39] Horsham, West Sussex in 2009[86] |
Vectipelta | ![]() |
Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight in 1993[88][89] |
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.