Valdosaurus

Femur of Valdosaurus nigeriensis
"Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris"

Valdosaurus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Ornithopoda Infraorder: Iguanodontia Family: Dryosauridae Genus: Valdosaurus Galton, 1977
Species
V. canaliculatus (Galton, 1975 [originally Dryosaurus]) (type) V. nigeriensis Galton and Taquet, 1982

Valdosaurus ("Weald Lizard") is a genus of small, bipedal herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight, elsewhere in Europe, and Africa. It lived during the Early Cretaceous. The type species, V. canaliculatus, was described in 1975 by Peter Galton as a species of Dryosaurus, but he later gave it its own genus. A second species, V. nigeriensis is known from Niger, but is based on partial fossils. Valdosaurus was an iguanodont.

See also

* Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight

References

• Valdosaurus in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair
• Valdosaurus in Thescelosaurus! (scroll to Dryosauridae)