Ireland's first dinosaurs

[Halichoeres]

The first definite dinosaur remains from Ireland get described. They're pretty scrappy, consisting of pieces of an indeterminate theropod and some pieces that look like Scelidosaurus or a similar animal.

The cf. Scelidosaurus material:


Paper (I think it's paywalled, but let me know if you want a pdf): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.06.005

[suspsy]

That's very cool!

[WarrenJB]

Sweet! I thought we were covered in too much basalt.