Dinosaurs and other fossils found in Dorset
The Paleobiology Database records 1,086 fossil occurrences of 282 genera in Dorset, United Kingdom, including 14 dinosaur genera. Every fossil site is shown on the map; colours show the main group found there. Counties are modern administrative areas, assigned from each collection’s coordinates using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain).
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What dinosaurs have been found in Dorset?
The Paleobiology Database records 14 dinosaur genera from Dorset. Those with the most fossil records there are Scelidosaurus, Iguanodon, Megalosaurus, Hylaeosaurus.
Dinosaurs found in Dorset (14 genera)
Scelidosaurus, Iguanodon, Megalosaurus, Hylaeosaurus and 10 more genera without a page here: Duriatitan, Duriavenator, Iguanodontipus, Juratyrant, Magnosaurus, Metriacanthosaurus, Nuthetes, Ornithopsis, Owenodon, Taupezia.
Prehistoric birds (2 genera)
Morus · 1 more genera recorded.
Pterosaurs (7 genera)
Purbeckopus, Rhamphorhynchus, Germanodactylus, Gnathosaurus, Cuspicephalus, Dimorphodon · 1 more genera recorded.
Ichthyosaurs (8 genera)
Ichthyosaurus, Leptonectes, Temnodontosaurus, Ophthalmosaurus · 4 more genera recorded.
Plesiosaurs & kin (13 genera)
Plesiosaurus, Pliosaurus, Colymbosaurus, Attenborosaurus, Kimmerosaurus, Eurycleidus, Muraenosaurus, Anningasaura, Thaumatodracon, Liopleurodon · 3 more genera recorded.
Crocodile relatives (16 genera)
Plesiosuchus, Bernissartia · 14 more genera recorded.
Pre-mammals (synapsids) (1 genera)
1 more genera recorded.
Early mammals (6 genera)
Morganucodon · 5 more genera recorded.
Ice Age & later mammals (70 genera)
Amblotherium, Spalacotherium, Bolodon, Trioracodon, Heterohyus, Peramus, Triconodon, Phascolestes, Adapis, Plagiaulax, Amphiperatherium, Dichodon, Palaeotherium, Miacis, Eurohippus, Lophiodon, Amphitherium, Ctenacodon, Durlstotherium, Phascolotherium, Tinodon, Amphirhagatherium, Leptadapis, Plagiolophus, Ailuravus, Durlstodon, Cebochoerus, Dacrytherium, Dorsetodon, Mixtotherium, Palaeoxonodon, Thereuodon, Chunnelodon, Dichobune, Kouriogenys, Magnimus, Pachycetus, Peramuroides, Pseudoloris, Microchoerus, Nannopithex, Kermackodon · 28 more genera recorded.
Ancient fish & sharks (39 genera)
Otodus, Paracestracion, Protospinax, Agaleus · 35 more genera recorded.
Ammonites & nautiloids (106 genera)
Parkinsonia · 105 more genera recorded.
Fossil occurrences: Paleobiology Database (CC0 as reported by the API; CC BY 4.0 policy), downloaded 23 October 2026. Genus pages quote Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).