Callovosaurus Galton 1980 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Dryosauridae

Full reference: P. M. Galton. 1980. European Jurassic ornithopod dinosaurs of the families Hypsilophodontidae and Camptosauridae. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 160(1):73-95

Parent taxon: Dryosauridae according to M. C. Herne et al. 2019

See also Carroll 1988, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Galton 1980, Hübner 2016, Madzia et al. 2018, Martill 1988, McDonald 2012, McDonald et al. 2010, Naish and Martill 2008, Norman 2004, Norman and Weishampel 1990, Párraga and Prieto-Márquez 2019, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2006, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2007 and Weishampel and Weishampel 1983

Sister taxa: Dinehichnus, Dryosaurus, Dysalotosaurus, Elrhazosaurus, Valdosaurus

Subtaxa: Callovosaurus leedsi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Fletton brick pit, Peterborough (BMNH) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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