
- 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
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