# List of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom

This is a partial list of dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom, arranged by genus alphabetically.

## List of dinosaurs

| Genus | Period | Discovery locations and dates |
| Acanthopholis | Cretaceous (late) | Folkestone, Kent in c. 1865 Gault, Kent in 2000 |
| Altispinax | Cretaceous (early) | Battle, East Sussex in 1856 |
| Anoplosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Cambridgeshire, no later than 1878 |
| Aristosuchus | Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight no later than 1876 |
| Asylosaurus | Triassic (late) | Avon Fissure Fill, Bristol in 1834 |
| Barilium | Cretaceous (early) | St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex between 1880 and 1888 |
| Baryonyx | Cretaceous (early) | Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1983 Ewhurst Brickworks, Walliswood, Surrey in 1997 Redlands Bricks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 1997 Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010 |
| Bothriospondylus | Jurassic (middle) | Wiltshire no later than 1875 |
| Brighstoneus | Cretaceous (early) | Grange Chine, Isle of Wight in 1978 |
| Calamosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight no later than 1889 |
| Calamospondylus | Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight in 1865, 1866 and 2014 |
| Callovosaurus | Jurassic (middle) | Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1889 |
| Camelotia | Triassic (late) | Westbury-on-Severn, Glastonbury no later than 1985 |
| Camptosaurus | Jurassic (late) | Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1880 |
| Cardiodon | Jurassic (late) | Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire no later than 1844 Cirencester, Gloucestershire no later than 1890 |
| Ceratosuchops | Cretaceous (early) | Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight between 2013 and 2017 |
| Cetiosauriscus | Jurassic (mid) | New Peterborough Brick Company, Fletton, Cambridgeshire in 1898 |
| Cetiosaurus | Jurassic (mid) | 19 sites including: Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1825 Staple-Hill, Wootton, Oxfordshire in 1841 Sarsden, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in 1888 |
| Chondrosteosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Brighstone or Brook, Isle of Wight no later than 1876 |
| Craterosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Potton, Bedfordshire no later than 1874 |
| Cruxicheiros | Jurassic (middle) | Little Compton, Warwickshire in 1960s |
| Cryptosaurus | Jurassic (late) | Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire in c. 1869 |
| Cumnoria | Jurassic (late) | Chawley Brick Pits, Cumnor Hurst, Oxfordshire in 1879 |
| Dacentrurus | Jurassic (late) | Swindon Brick and Tile Company, Swindon, Wiltshire in 1874 |
| Dinodocus | Cretaceous (early) | Hythe, Kent in 1840 |
| Dracoraptor | Jurassic (early) | Penarth, Wales in 2014 |
| Duriatitan | Jurassic (late) | Sandsfoot, Weymouth, Dorset no later than 1874 |
| Duriavenator | Jurassic (middle) | Sherborne, Dorset in c. 1882 |
| Echinodon | Cretaceous (early) | Durdlestone Bay, Isle of Portland in c. 1861 |
| Eotyrannus | Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight in 1995 |
| Eucamerotus | Cretaceous (early) | Brighstone, Isle of Wight no later than 1872 |
| Eucercosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Trumpington, Cambridgeshire no later than 1879 |
| Eustreptospondylus | Jurassic (mid) | Summertown Pit, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire in 1870 |
| Gigantosaurus | Jurassic (late) | Cottenham, Cambridgeshire in 1862 Ely, Cambridgeshire in 1862 Stretham, Cambridgeshire in 1862 |
| Haestasaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Unknown location near Hastings, East Sussex in 1852 |
| Horshamosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Rudgwick Brickworks Company, Rudgwick, West Sussex in 1985 |
| Hylaeosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822 Stammerham Quarry, Horsham, West Sussex in 1826 Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842 Bolney, West Sussex in 1851 Ridgeway Hill, Weymouth, Dorset in 1860 Brixton Bay, Isle of Wight in 1874 Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex in 2010 |
| Hypselospinus | Cretaceous (early) | Shornden, East Sussex in 1886 |
| Hypsilophodon | Cretaceous (early) | Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1849 Isle of Wight in 1979 |
| Iguanodon | Cretaceous (early) | Over 60 sites including: First discovery (tooth) at Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822 |
| Iliosuchus | Jurassic (middle) | Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1880 |
| Iuticosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Brook, Isle of Wight no later than 1887 |
| Juratyrant | Jurassic (late) | Dorset in 1984 |
| Mantellisaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Rockhill Quarry, Maidstone in 1834 Atherfield, Isle of Wight in 1917 Smokejacks Brickworks, Waverley, Surrey in 1956 Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight in 1976 Grange Cline, Isle of Wight in 1989 |
| Megalosaurus | Jurassic (mid) | Over 30 sites including: Tooth at Caswell, Oxfordshire in the 17th century, lower femur at Stonesfield, Oxfordshire in 1676 and over 100 further bones found there from at least 7 individuals by 1911 |
| Metriacanthosaurus | Jurassic (late) | Jordan's Cliff, Weymouth, Dorset in 1871 |
| Neovenator | Cretaceous (early) | Brighstone Bay, Isle of Wight in 1978 |
| Owenodon | Cretaceous (early) | Durlston Bay, Dorset in 1860 |
| Pantydraco | Jurassic (early) | Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry, Bonvilston, Vale of Glamorgan in 1952 |
| Pelorosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Cuckfield Quarry, West Sussex in 1822 Upware, Cambridgeshire in 1883 |
| 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 Another partial skeleton at Barnes High in 1979 |
| Proceratosaurus | Jurassic (mid) | Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire in 1910 |
| Riparovenator | Cretaceous (early) | Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight between 2013 and 2017 |
| Saltopus | Triassic (late) | Partial skeleton at Lossiemouth Quarries, Elgin, Moray in 1867 |
| Sarcosaurus | Jurassic (early) | Partial skeleton at Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire in 1921 Wilmcote, Warwickshire in 1908 and in 2004 |
| Scelidosaurus | Jurassic (early) | Partial skeletons at Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1850s, in 1955 and in 1985 Seatown, Dorset in 1987 |
| Thecodontosaurus | Triassic (late) | Durdham Down, Bristol in 1834 Microlestes Quarry, Frome, Somerset in 1871 Holwell, Frome, Somerset in 1889 Ruthin Quarry, Glamorgan in 1957 Tytherington Quarry, Gloucestershire in 1970s |
| Valdosaurus | Cretaceous (early) | Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1822 Hakesbourne Pit, Rusper, West Sussex in 1842 Cowleaze Chine, Isle of Wight in 1855 Heathfield, East Sussex in 1975 Isle of Wight in 2001 Horsham, West Sussex in 2009 Langhurstwood Quarry, Warnham, West Sussex in 2011 |
| Vectipelta | Cretaceous (early) | Isle of Wight in 1993 |

## 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.