Species
Valid Extinct

Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis

(Hooley 1925)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
13
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Ornithopoda Suborder
Iguanodontia Infraorder
Mantellisaurus Genus
Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis Species
Fossil sites 13 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
6
🇪🇸 Spain
3
🇫🇷 France
1
🇩🇪 Germany
1
🇧🇪 Belgium
1
🇵🇹 Portugal
1
Geological formations
Wessex
2
Calcaires à Spatangues
1
Vectis
1
Weald Clay
1
Sainte-Barbe Clays
1
Papo Seco
1
Hythe
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
8
Hauterivian (132.6–125.77 Ma)
3
Synonyms (3)
Dollodon bampingi subjective synonym of Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis
Heterosaurus neocomiensis subjective synonym of Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis
Mantellodon carpenteri subjective synonym of Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis
Bibliography
Original description
R. W. Hooley. 1925. On the skeleton of Iguanodon atherfieldensis sp. nov., from the Wealden Shales of Atherfield (Isle of Wight). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London 81(1):1-61 DOI ↗
Bibliography (11)
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J. M. Gasulla, F. Escaso, and F. Ortega, J. L. Sanz. 2014. New hadrosauriform cranial remains from the Arcillas de Morella Formation (lower Aptian) of Morella, Spain. Cretaceous Research 47(1):19-24 DOI ↗
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S. Hutt, D. M. Martill, and M. J. Barker. 1996. The first European allosauroid dinosaur (Lower Cretaceous, Wealden Group, England). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1996(10):635-644 DOI ↗
M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London DOI ↗
D. B. Norman. 1987. A mass accumulation of vertebrates from the Lower Cretaceous of Nehden (Sauerland), West Germany. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 230:215-255
R. W. Hooley. 1925. On the skeleton of Iguanodon atherfieldensis sp. nov., from the Wealden Shales of Atherfield (Isle of Wight). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London 81(1):1-61 DOI ↗
J. Cornuel. 1850. Note sur des ossements fossiles découverts dans le calcaire néocomien de Wassy (Haute-Marne) [Note on some fossil bones found in the Neocomian limestone of Wassy (Haute Marne)]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 2e série 7:702-704