Regnosaurus
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| Regnosaurus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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Regnosaurus (meaning "Sussex lizard") is a genus of herbivorous stegosaurian dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous Period in what is now England.
[edit] Discovery and species
The fossil remains were found near Cuckfield in Sussex, and initially thought to be from Iguanodon. However, Mantellreviewed it and felt it to be of a different creature, coining the name Regnosaurus in 1848.[1] It is known only from a right mandibular (lower jaw) fragment. A fossil pubis was also recovered on the Isle of Wight.
Recent research by Barret and Upchurch in 1995[2] suggests that it is a stegosaur similar to Huayangosaurus, as the jaws are very similar. A nomen dubium, the type species is Regnosaurus northamptoni.
[edit] References
- ^ Deborah Cadbury (2000). The Dinosaur Hunters. Fourth Estate, London. ISBN 1-85702-959-3.
- ^ Barret PM & Upchurch P (1995). "Regnosaurus northamptoni, a stegosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern England". Geological Magazine 132: 213–222.
- Blows WT (2001). "Possible Stegosaur Dermal Armor from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern England", in Carpenter, Kenneth(ed): The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, 130–140. ISBN 0-253-33964-2.
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