Valdosaurus

Pronunciation:
val-doh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'Wealden lizard'

© Andrey Atuchin

Type of dinosaur:
small ornithopod
Length:
3.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 142-121 million years ago
Found in:
England,
Niger,
Romania,
United Kingdom

Valdosaurus is known from postcranial bones, teeth and dentary (the lower jaw bone that bears the teeth).

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia, Euiguanadontia, Dryomorpha, Dryosauridae
Named by:
Galton (1975)
Type species:
canaliculatus