Comptonatus Lockwood et al. 2024 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Neornithischia

Full reference: J. A. F. Lockwood, D. M. Martill, and S. C. R. Maidment. 2024. Comptonatus chasei, a new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2346573

Parent taxon: Hadrosauriformes according to J. A. F. Lockwood et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Brighstoneus, Hadrosauroidea, Proa, Siamodon

Subtaxa: Comptonatus chasei

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Type: Comptonatus chasei

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Compton Bay Comptonatus (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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