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Valdosaurus
Taxonomy
Valdosaurus was named by Galton (1977).
It was assigned to Iguanodontoidea by Norman (1984); to Dryosaurinae by Cooper (1985); to Dryosauroidea by Sereno (1986); to Hypsilophodontidae by Jurcsak and Popa (1979), Molnar (1980), Jurcsák (1982), Galton and Taquet (1982), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Taquet (1984), Molnar (1984), Buscalioni and Sanz (1987), Sanz et al. (1987), Hutt et al. (1989), Le Loeuff (1991), Grigorescu (1992), Jacobs et al. (1996), Currie and Padian (1997); to Dryomorpha by Párraga and Prieto-Márquez (2019); and to Dryosauridae by Milner and Norman (1984), Carroll (1988), Sues and Norman (1990), Molnar (1992), Ryan (1997), Blows (1998), Buchholz (2002), Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo (2003), Norman (2004), Stanford et al. (2004), Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2006), Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2008), Butler et al. (2008), Galton (2009), McDonald et al. (2010), McDonald (2012), Barrett (2016), Hübner (2016), Dieudonné et al. (2016), Madzia et al. (2018), Herne et al. (2019), Dieudonné et al. (2020), Verdú et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Iguanodontoidea by Norman (1984); to Dryosaurinae by Cooper (1985); to Dryosauroidea by Sereno (1986); to Hypsilophodontidae by Jurcsak and Popa (1979), Molnar (1980), Jurcsák (1982), Galton and Taquet (1982), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Taquet (1984), Molnar (1984), Buscalioni and Sanz (1987), Sanz et al. (1987), Hutt et al. (1989), Le Loeuff (1991), Grigorescu (1992), Jacobs et al. (1996), Currie and Padian (1997); to Dryomorpha by Párraga and Prieto-Márquez (2019); and to Dryosauridae by Milner and Norman (1984), Carroll (1988), Sues and Norman (1990), Molnar (1992), Ryan (1997), Blows (1998), Buchholz (2002), Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo (2003), Norman (2004), Stanford et al. (2004), Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2006), Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2007), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2008), Butler et al. (2008), Galton (2009), McDonald et al. (2010), McDonald (2012), Barrett (2016), Hübner (2016), Dieudonné et al. (2016), Madzia et al. (2018), Herne et al. (2019), Dieudonné et al. (2020), Verdú et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Valdosaurus Galton |
| 1979 | Valdosaurus Jurcsak and Popa p. 40 |
| 1980 | Valdosaurus Molnar p. 137 |
| 1982 | Valdosaurus Galton and Taquet p. 148 |
| 1982 | Valdosaurus Jurcsák p. 179 |
| 1983 | Valdosaurus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44 |
| 1984 | Valdosaurus Milner and Norman p. 146 |
| 1984 | Valdosaurus Molnar p. 154 |
| 1984 | Valdosaurus Norman p. 344 |
| 1984 | Valdosaurus Taquet p. 82 |
| 1985 | Valdosaurus Cooper p. 295 |
| 1986 | Valdosaurus Sereno |
| 1987 | Valdosaurus Buscalioni and Sanz p. 66 |
| 1987 | Valdosaurus Sanz et al. p. 61 |
| 1988 | Valdosaurus Carroll |
| 1989 | Valdosaurus Hutt et al. p. 145 |
| 1990 | Valdosaurus Sues and Norman p. 500 |
| 1991 | Valdosaurus Le Loeuff p. 105 |
| 1992 | Valdosaurus Grigorescu p. 147 |
| 1992 | Valdosaurus Molnar p. 266 |
| 1996 | Valdosaurus Jacobs et al. p. 605 |
| 1997 | Valdosaurus Currie and Padian p. 369 |
| 1997 | Valdosaurus Ryan p. 197 |
| 1998 | Valdosaurus Blows p. 32 |
| 2002 | Valdosaurus Buchholz p. 22 |
| 2003 | Valdosaurus Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 293 |
| 2004 | Valdosaurus Norman p. 415 |
| 2004 | Valdosaurus Stanford et al. p. 257 |
| 2006 | Valdosaurus Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 228 |
| 2007 | Valdosaurus Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 8 |
| 2007 | Valdosaurus Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 203 |
| 2008 | Valdosaurus Butler et al. p. 8 |
| 2008 | Valdosaurus Naish and Martill p. 617 |
| 2009 | Valdosaurus Galton p. 230 |
| 2010 | Valdosaurus McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39 |
| 2012 | Valdosaurus McDonald p. 2 |
| 2016 | Valdosaurus Barrett p. 29 |
| 2016 | Valdosaurus Dieudonné et al. p. 33 |
| 2016 | Valdosaurus Hübner p. 324 |
| 2018 | Valdosaurus Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4 |
| 2019 | Valdosaurus Herne et al. p. 579 |
| 2019 | Valdosaurus Párraga and Prieto-Márquez p. 254 |
| 2020 | Valdosaurus Dieudonné et al. |
| 2021 | Valdosaurus Verdú et al. p. 10 fig. 9 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 154.80000 to 121.40000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Spain (Aragón) | V. sp. (58764) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | Hypsilophodon foxii (52258) Iguanodon sp. (222518) V. sp. (222519) | |
| Hauterivian | United Kingdom (England) | V. sp. (222353) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian - Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Dryosaurus canaliculatus (75745) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | V. canaliculatus (48328) V. sp. (55518) | |
| Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | V. canaliculatus (235262 239755) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | Dryosaurus canaliculatus (26791) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | V. sp. (218876) |