Reptilia - Ornithischia

Alternative combinations: Iguanodon atherfieldensis, Mantellisaurus atherfieldiensis

Synonyms: Dollodon bampingi Paul 2008, Heterosaurus neocomiensis Cornuel 1850, Mantellodon carpenteri Paul 2012

Full reference: R. W. Hooley. 1925. On the skeleton of Iguanodon atherfieldensis sp. nov., from the Wealden Shales of Atherfield (Isle of Wight). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London 81(1):1-61

Belongs to Mantellisaurus according to J. A. Bonsor et al. 2023

See also Barrett 2016, Barrett and Maidment 2011, Bartholomai and Molnar 1981, Batten and Austen 2011, Becerra et al. 2016, Bell et al. 2019, Bertozzo et al. 2017, Buffetaut 1997, Buffetaut et al. 1991, Buffetaut et al. 1980, Carpenter and Ishida 2010, Casanovas et al. 1987, Contreras et al. 2007, Cornuel 1850, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019, Cuenca-Bescós et al. 1999, Dalla Vecchia 2020, Diedrich 2004, Fondevilla et al. 2018, Forster 1997, Frances and Sanz 1989, Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2016, Galton 1994, Galton 2009, Gasca et al. 2008, Gasca et al. 2016, Gasulla et al. 2014, Gasulla et al. 2016, Gates et al. 2014, Gates et al. 2018, Gervais 1852, Gervais 1859, Godefroit et al. 2012, Godefroit et al. 1998, Godefroit et al. 2017, Godefroit and Knoll 2003, Herne et al. 2019, Herne et al. 2018, Hooley 1925, Hübner and Rauhut 2007, Hutt et al. 1996, Hutt et al. 1989, Ibiricu et al. 2019, Ji and Zhang 2022, Jurcsak and Popa 1979, Kim et al. 2009, Kuhn 1964, Lapparent 1947, Lapparent 1967, Lapparent and Stchepinsky 1968, Llandres Serrano et al. 2013, Lockley and Wright 2001, Luque et al. 2008, Martin and Buffetaut 1992, McDonald 2012, McDonald 2012, McDonald et al. 2010, McDonald et al. 2012, McDonald et al. 2010, McDonald et al. 2010, Molnar 1996, Naish and Martill 2001, Naish and Martill 2007, Naish and Martill 2008, Norman 1987, Norman 1997, Norman 2004, Norman 2010, Norman 2013, Norman 2014, Norman and Weishampel 1990, Pascual-Arribas et al. 2009, Paul 2007, Paul 2008, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 1999, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2006, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2010, Pereda Suberbiola and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2013, Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2011, Posmosanu 2003, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Prieto-Márquez 2011, Prieto-Marquez et al. 2012, Prieto-Márquez et al. 2016, Prieto-Márquez et al. 2006, Prieto-Márquez and Norell 2010, Prieto-Márquez and Wagner 2010, Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2012, Rotatori et al. 2022, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 1998, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2008, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Santos et al. 2013, Santos-Cubedo et al. 2021, Sanz et al. 1992, Sanz et al. 2014, Swinton 1933, Swinton 1934, Swinton 1936, Swinton 1970, Taquet 1975, Torcida Fernández-Baldor 2006, Verdú et al. 2014, Verdú et al. 2015, Verdú et al. 2016, Wang et al. 2011, Wang and Xu 2001, Weishampel and Bjork 1989, Weishampel et al. 1991, Wright 1999, Xing et al. 2012, You et al. 2005, Young 1944 and Zheng et al. 2013

Sister taxon: Proplanicoxa

Type specimens:

• Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis: BMNH R5764, a skull (femur). Its type locality is cliff fall near Atherfield (BMNH), which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial shale in the Vectis Formation of the United Kingdom.
• Dollodon bampingi: IRSNB 1551, a skeleton. Its type locality is Sainte-Barbe coal mine, Bernissart, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine - small claystone/bituminous coal in the Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation of Belgium.
• Heterosaurus neocomiensis: Its type locality is Wassy quarry, which is in a Hauterivian shallow subtidal limestone in the Calcaires à Spatangues Formation of France.
• Mantellodon carpenteri: NHMUK OR3471, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Rockhill Quarry, Maidstone Iguanodon, which is in an Aptian marine limestone in the Hythe Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.