Valdosaurus Galton 1977 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Dryosauridae

Full reference: P. M. Galton. 1977. The Upper Jurassic dinosaur Dryosaurus and a Laurasia-Gondwana connection in the Upper Jurassic. Nature 268(5617):230-232

Parent taxon: Dryosauridae according to P.-E. Dieudonné et al. 2020

See also Blows 1998, Buchholz 2002, Buscalioni and Sanz 1987, Butler et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Cooper 1985, Currie and Padian 1997, Dieudonné et al. 2016, Galton 2009, Galton and Taquet 1982, Grigorescu 1992, Herne et al. 2019, Hübner 2016, Hutt et al. 1989, Jacobs et al. 1996, Jurcsák 1982, Jurcsak and Popa 1979, Le Loeuff 1991, Madzia et al. 2018, McDonald 2012, McDonald et al. 2010, Milner and Norman 1984, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1984, Molnar 1992, Naish and Martill 2008, Norman 1984, Norman 2004, Párraga and Prieto-Márquez 2019, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2006, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2007, Ryan 1997, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007, Sanz et al. 1987, Sereno 1986, Stanford et al. 2004, Sues and Norman 1990, Taquet 1984, Verdú et al. 2021 and Weishampel and Weishampel 1983

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

Subtaxa: Valdosaurus canaliculatus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection), the United Kingdom (8)

• Jurassic of Spain (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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