Valdosaurus

Valdosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 140–121 Ma
Assigned skeleton at Dinosaur Isle Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Dryosauridae
Genus: Valdosaurus
Galton, 1977
Species:
V. canaliculatus
Binomial name
Valdosaurus canaliculatus
Galton, 1977 (Galton, 1975)
Synonyms
  • Dryosaurus canaliculatus Galton, 1975
  • Valdosaurus dextrapoda? Blows, 1988

Valdosaurus ("Weald Lizard") is a genus of bipedal herbivorous iguanodont ornithopod dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight and elsewhere in England, Spain and possibly also Romania. It lived during the Early Cretaceous.