Comptonatus

Comptonatus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Barremian–Aptian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Iguanodontidae
Genus: Comptonatus
Lockwood, Martill & Maidment, 2024
Species:
C. chasei
Binomial name
Comptonatus chasei
Lockwood, Martill & Maidment, 2024

Comptonatus (meaning "the Compton thunderer") is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period. Its remains are known from the Wessex Formation in England. The type and only species is C. chasei.