Reptilia - Ornithischia - Dryosauridae

Alternative combinations: Valdosaurus nigeniensis, Valdosaurus nigeriensis

Full reference: P. M. Galton and P. Taquet. 1982. Valdosaurus, a hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe and Africa. Géobios 15(2):147-159

Belongs to Elrhazosaurus according to W. Zheng et al. 2013

See also Bertozzo et al. 2013, Buchholz 2002, Butler et al. 2008, Currie and Padian 1997, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Fanti et al. 2016, Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2016, Galton 2009, Galton and Taquet 1982, Madzia et al. 2018, McDonald et al. 2010, Molnar 1984, Molnar 1992, Naish and Martill 2001, Norman 2004, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2007, Ryan 1997, Sues and Norman 1990, Taquet 1984, Verdú et al. 2015, Verdú et al. 2021 and Weishampel and Weishampel 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN GRD 332, a set of postcrania (femur). Its type locality is Niveau des Innocents, Gadoufaoua, which is in an Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Niveau des Innocents, Gadoufaoua

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