Genus
Valid Extinct

Barilium

Norman 2010

Barilium is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of Iguanodon by Richard Lydekker in 1888, the specific epithet honouring the discoverer Charles Dawson, who collected the holotype during the 1880s.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Barilium
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Pelvis of Barilium dawsoni. © Lydekker · Public domain · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Neoiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Iguanodontidae Family
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Barilium Genus
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5
Geological formations
Wadhurst Clay
2
Tunbridge Wells Sand
1
Weald Clay
1
Temporal distribution
Hauterivian (132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
4
Species (3)
Barilium dawsoni 137 Ma
Kukufeldia tilgatensis subjective synonym of Barilium dawsoni 137 Ma
Sellacoxa pauli subjective synonym of Barilium dawsoni 137 Ma
Synonyms (3)
Kukufeldia subjective synonym of Barilium
Sellacoxa subjective synonym of Barilium
Torilion objective synonym of Barilium
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
D. B. Norman. 2010. A taxonomy of iguanodontians (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the lower Wealden Group (Cretaceous: Valanginian) of southern England. Zootaxa 2489:47-66 DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
K. Carpenter and Y. Ishida. 2010. Early and "middle" Cretaceous iguanodonts in time and space. Journal of Iberian Geology 36(2):145-164 DOI ↗
A. T. McDonald, P. M. Barrett, and S. D. Chapman. 2010. A new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of England. Zootaxa 2569:1-43 DOI ↗
D. B. Norman. 2010. A taxonomy of iguanodontians (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the lower Wealden Group (Cretaceous: Valanginian) of southern England. Zootaxa 2489:47-66 DOI ↗
R. Lydekker. 1890. Contributions to our knowledge of the dinosaurs of the Wealden and the sauropterygians of the Purbeck and Oxford Clay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 46:36-53
R. Lydekker. 1888. Note on a new Wealden iguanodont and other dinosaurs. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 44:46-61 DOI ↗