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Mantellisaurus

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Mantellisaurus Paul p. 74
2007Mantellisaurus Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 206
2008Dollodon Paul p. 200
2008Mantellisaurus Paul p. 200
2009Mantellisaurus Galton p. 215
2010Proplanicoxa Carpenter and Ishida p. 154–155
2010Proplanicoxa galtoni Carpenter and Ishida p. 154–155 fig. 5
2010Mantellisaurus McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39
2010Dollodon McDonald et al. p. 808 fig. 10
2010Mantellisaurus McDonald et al. p. 808 fig. 10
2011Mantellisaurus Wang et al. p. 156 fig. 12
2012Mantellisaurus McDonald p. 2
2012Mantellodon Paul
2012Mantellisaurus Ramírez-Velasco et al. p. 390
2014Mantellisaurus Gasulla et al. p. 23 fig. 6
2014Mantellisaurus Norman p. 37 fig. 2.30
2014Mantellisaurus Sanz et al. p. 75
2016Mantellisaurus Gasca et al. p. 72
2016Mantellisaurus Verdú et al. p. 143
2021Mantellisaurus Verdú et al. p. 10 fig. 9
2023Mantellisaurus Bonsor et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
genusMantellisaurus

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.

G. †Mantellisaurus Paul 2007
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Invalid names: Dollodon bampingi Paul 2008 [synonym], Heterosaurus neocomiensis Cornuel 1850 [synonym], Mantellodon carpenteri Paul 2012 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dollodon Paul 2008 [synonym], Mantellodon Paul 2012 [synonym], Proplanicoxa Carpenter and Ishida 2010 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. S. Paul 2007As for the species.
G. S. Paul 2008As for the type and only determinate species.
G. S. Paul 2008 (Dollodon)*Tooth positions over 25? in dentary. Otherwise as for the type and only determinate species.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Late/Upper Hauterivian or 136.40000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neocomian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Spain (Aragón) Iguanodon atherfieldensis (61317)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Aptian145.0 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Iguanodon atherfieldensis (227658)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France (Haute-Marne) Heterosaurus neocomiensis (53674)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Vectisaurus valdensis (45918)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Iguanodon atherfieldensis (45193)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Portugal (Lisboa) M. atherfieldensis (189306)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Valenciana) Iguanodon sp. (64408) M. sp. (61327)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) M. atherfieldensis (28006)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Iguanodon sp. (46875)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Germany (Sauerland) Iguanodon sp. (22727)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Iguanodon bernissartensis (24906)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) Iguanodon atherfieldensis (227655)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) Iguanodon atherfieldensis (22645)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Iguanodon sp. (52568)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain (Valenciana) M. atherfieldensis (169469)