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Mantellisaurus âśť
| Description | Mantellisaurus is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium (Bernissart), England, Spain and Germany. The type and only species is M. atherfieldensis. Formerly known as Iguanodon atherfieldensis, the new genus Mantellisaurus was erected for the species by Gregory Paul in 2007. According to Paul, Mantellisaurus was more lightly built than Iguanodon and more closely related to Ouranosaurus, making Iguanodon in its traditional sense paraphyletic. It is known from many complete and almost complete skeletons. The genus name honours Gideon Mantell, the discoverer of Iguanodon. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantellisaurus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Iguanodontidae : Mantellisaurus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontidae : Mantellisaurus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Mantellisaurus Paul, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Article title: Turning the old into the new: a separate genus for the gracile iguanodont from the Wealden of England. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | herbivore (based on Ornithopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. S. Paul. 2007. Turning the old into the new: a separate genus for the gracile iguanodont from the Wealden of England. In K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantellisaurus |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis âśť species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Mantellodon Paul, 2012 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Iguanodontidae : Mantellodon |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2007 | Mantellisaurus Paul p. 74 |
| 2007 | Mantellisaurus Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 206 |
| 2008 | Dollodon Paul p. 200 |
| 2008 | Mantellisaurus Paul p. 200 |
| 2010 | Proplanicoxa Carpenter and Ishida p. 154 |
| 2010 | Proplanicoxa galtoni Carpenter and Ishida p. 154–155 fig. 5 |
| 2010 | Mantellisaurus McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39 |
| 2010 | Dollodon McDonald et al. p. 808 fig. 10 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2010 | Mantellisaurus McDonald et al. p. 808 fig. 10 |
| 2011 | Mantellisaurus Wang et al. p. 156 fig. 12 |
| 2012 | Mantellisaurus McDonald p. 2 |
| 2012 | Mantellodon Paul |
| 2012 | Mantellisaurus RamĂrez-Velasco et al. p. 390 |
| 2014 | Mantellisaurus Gasulla et al. p. 23 fig. 6 |
| 2014 | Mantellisaurus Norman p. 37 fig. 2.30 |
| 2014 | Mantellisaurus Sanz et al. p. 75 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
