Callovosaurus Temporal range: Callovian
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Illustration of the holotype femur | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Neornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Family: | †Dryosauridae |
Genus: | †Callovosaurus Galton, 1980 |
Species: | †C. leedsi
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Binomial name | |
†Callovosaurus leedsi Galton, 1980 (Lydekker, 1889)
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Synonyms | |
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Callovosaurus (meaning "Callovian lizard") is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur known from most of a left thigh bone discovered in Middle Jurassic-age rocks of England. At times, it has been considered dubious or a valid genus of basal iguanodontian, perhaps a dryosaurid.