Paleontologists Find First Dinosaur Remains in Ireland | Paleontology - Sci-News.com

These are the first dinosaur remains reported from anywhere in Ireland and some of the most westerly in Europe.

Mike Simms, a curator and paleontologist in the Department of Natural Sciences at National Museums Northern Ireland.

Image credit: National Museums Northern Ireland.

Robert Smyth, a paleontologist in the School of the Environment, Geography and Geological Sciences at the University of Portsmouth.

“Scelidosaurus keeps on turning up in marine strata, and I am beginning to think that it may have been a coastal animal, perhaps even eating seaweed like marine iguanas do today,” said Professor David Martill, also from the School of the Environment, Geography and Geological Sciences at the University of Portsmouth.

First dinosaur remains from Ireland