Reptilia - Ornithischia - Dryosauridae
Alternative combination: Dryosaurus canaliculatus
Full reference: P. M. Galton. 1975. English hypsilophodontid dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia). Palaeontology 18(4):741-752
Belongs to Valdosaurus according to M. C. Herne et al. 2018
See also Blows 1983, Blows 1998, Butler et al. 2008, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Galton 1975, Galton 1977, Galton 2009, Galton and Molnar 2005, Galton and Taquet 1982, Grigorescu 1992, Herne et al. 2019, Hübner 2016, Hutt et al. 1989, Jurcsák 1982, Jurcsak and Popa 1979, Madzia et al. 2018, McDonald et al. 2012, McDonald et al. 2010, Molnar 1980, Naish and Martill 2001, Naish and Martill 2008, Norman 1997, Norman 2004, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2006, Rotatori et al. 2022, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2007, Ryan 1997, Sanz et al. 1987, Sereno 1986, Stanford et al. 2004, Sues and Norman 1990, Tallodi Posmosanu and Popa 1997, Verdú et al. 2014, Weishampel and Weishampel 1983 and Zheng et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH R184, 185, a limb element (femur). Its type locality is Hypsilophodon Bed, Cowleaze Chine, which is in a Barremian terrestrial marl/claystone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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