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Valdosaurus canaliculatus
Taxonomy
Dryosaurus canaliculatus was named by Galton (1975). Its type specimen is BMNH R184, 185, a limb element (femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hypsilophodon Bed, Cowleaze Chine, which is in a Barremian terrestrial marl/claystone in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Valdosaurus canaliculatus by Galton (1977), Galton (1977), Jurcsak and Popa (1979), Molnar (1980), Jurcsák (1982), Galton and Taquet (1982), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Blows (1983), Sanz et al. (1987), Hutt et al. (1989), Sues and Norman (1990), Grigorescu (1992), Norman (1997), Ryan (1997), Tallodi Posmosanu and Popa (1997), Blows (1998), Naish and Martill (2001), Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo (2003), Norman (2004), Stanford et al. (2004), Galton and Molnar (2005), Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2006), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2008), Butler et al. (2008), Galton (2009), McDonald et al. (2010), McDonald et al. (2012), Zheng et al. (2013), Verdú et al. (2014), Hübner (2016), Herne et al. (2018), Madzia et al. (2018), Herne et al. (2019), Cruzado-Caballero et al. (2019), Dieudonné et al. (2020) and Rotatori et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Valdosaurus canaliculatus by Galton (1977), Galton (1977), Jurcsak and Popa (1979), Molnar (1980), Jurcsák (1982), Galton and Taquet (1982), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Blows (1983), Sanz et al. (1987), Hutt et al. (1989), Sues and Norman (1990), Grigorescu (1992), Norman (1997), Ryan (1997), Tallodi Posmosanu and Popa (1997), Blows (1998), Naish and Martill (2001), Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo (2003), Norman (2004), Stanford et al. (2004), Galton and Molnar (2005), Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2006), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2008), Butler et al. (2008), Galton (2009), McDonald et al. (2010), McDonald et al. (2012), Zheng et al. (2013), Verdú et al. (2014), Hübner (2016), Herne et al. (2018), Madzia et al. (2018), Herne et al. (2019), Cruzado-Caballero et al. (2019), Dieudonné et al. (2020) and Rotatori et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1975 | Dryosaurus canaliculatus Galton p. 747 |
1977 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Galton |
1979 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Jurcsak and Popa p. 51 |
1980 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Molnar p. 135 fig. 6 |
1982 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Galton and Taquet pp. 148-151 figs. 1-2 |
1982 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Jurcsák p. 179 |
1983 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Blows p. 312 |
1983 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44 |
1987 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Sanz et al. p. 62 |
1989 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Hutt et al. p. 145 |
1990 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Sues and Norman p. 500 |
1992 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Grigorescu p. 147 |
1997 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Norman p. 784 |
1997 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Ryan p. 197 |
1997 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Tallodi Posmosanu and Popa p. 36 |
1998 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Blows p. 32 |
2001 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Naish and Martill p. 81 |
2003 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 297 |
2004 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Norman p. 414 |
2004 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Stanford et al. p. 257 |
2005 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Galton and Molnar p. 13 |
2006 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 228 |
2007 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 10 |
2008 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Butler et al. p. 8 |
2008 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Naish and Martill p. 617 |
2009 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Galton p. 230 |
2010 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39 |
2012 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus McDonald et al. p. 61 |
2013 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Zheng et al. |
2014 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Verdú et al. p. 120 |
2016 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Hübner p. 324 |
2018 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Herne et al. p. 15 |
2018 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Madzia et al. p. 969 |
2019 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 215 |
2019 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Herne et al. p. 579 |
2020 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Dieudonné et al. |
2022 | Valdosaurus canaliculatus Rotatori et al. p. 139 |
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†Valdosaurus canaliculatus Galton 1975
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Diagnosis
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P. M. Galton 1975 | Femur with pendant fourth trochanter well on proximal half of shaft, rod-like lesser trochanter separated by deep cleft from greater trochanter, distally a deep anterior intercondylar groove. |
Measurements
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Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995 |
Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Valdosaurus canaliculatus (48328) | |
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Dryosaurus canaliculatus (75745) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Dryosaurus canaliculatus (type locality: 26791) |