Mantellisaurus
Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis
Mantellisaurus is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Barremian and early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period of Europe. Its remains are known from Belgium (Bernissart), England, Spain and Germany. The type and only species is M. atherfieldensis. Formerly known as Iguanodon atherfieldensis, the new genus Mantellisaurus was erected for the species by Gregory Paul in 2007. According to Paul, Mantellisaurus was more lightly built than Iguanodon and more closely related to Ouranosaurus, making Iguanodon in its traditional sense paraphyletic. It is known from many complete and almost complete skeletons. The genus name honours Gideon Mantell, the discoverer of Iguanodon.
- Family
- Iguanodontidae
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (125 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 7.0 m
- Weight
- 1.35 t
- Type locality
- Isle of Wight, England
- Holotype
- NHMUK PV R 5764
- PBDB
- txn:104634