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Callovosaurus
Taxonomy
Callovosaurus was named by Galton (1980).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Norman and Weishampel (1990), Norman (2004).
It was assigned to Camptosauridae by Galton (1980), Martill (1988); to Iguanodontidae by Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Carroll (1988); to Dryosauridae by Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2006), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2008), McDonald et al. (2010), McDonald (2012), Hübner (2016), Madzia et al. (2018), Herne et al. (2019); to Dryomorpha by Párraga and Prieto-Márquez (2019), Dieudonné et al. (2020); and to Euiguanodontia by Fonseca et al. (2024).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Norman and Weishampel (1990), Norman (2004).
It was assigned to Camptosauridae by Galton (1980), Martill (1988); to Iguanodontidae by Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Carroll (1988); to Dryosauridae by Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2006), Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. (2007), Naish and Martill (2008), McDonald et al. (2010), McDonald (2012), Hübner (2016), Madzia et al. (2018), Herne et al. (2019); to Dryomorpha by Párraga and Prieto-Márquez (2019), Dieudonné et al. (2020); and to Euiguanodontia by Fonseca et al. (2024).
Species
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2017-04-04
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Callovosaurus Galton p. 79 figs. 2-3 |
| 1983 | Callovosaurus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44 |
| 1988 | Callovosaurus Carroll |
| 1988 | Callovosaurus Martill p. 182 |
| 2006 | Callovosaurus Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 228 |
| 2007 | Callovosaurus Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 5 |
| 2008 | Callovosaurus Naish and Martill p. 617 |
| 2010 | Callovosaurus McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39 |
| 2012 | Callovosaurus McDonald p. 2 |
| 2016 | Callovosaurus Hübner p. 324 |
| 2018 | Callovosaurus Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4 |
| 2019 | Callovosaurus Herne et al. p. 580 |
| 2019 | Callovosaurus Párraga and Prieto-Márquez p. 254 |
| 2020 | Callovosaurus Dieudonné et al. |
| 2024 | Callovosaurus Fonseca et al. |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| P. M. Galton 1980 | Femur characterized by the following combination of characters: greater trochanter proportionally narrow, lesser trochanter expanded anteroposteriorly and flattened transversely, distal end unexpanded with a shallow anterior intercondylar groove |