Genre
Valide Éteint

Comptonatus

Lockwood et al. 2024

Comptonatus 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.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
1
Groupe
Dinosaures
Herbivore Vivant au sol, grégaire Terrestre
Comptonatus
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Comptonatus is an iguanodontid ornithopod dinosaur that lived about 125 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous of what is now Europe. It was a medium sized herbivore at about 7 m in length, and weighed around 1 t in body mass. Fossilized footprints found near the original specimen indicate that Comptonatus was likely a herding animal. Comparisons between Comptonatus and other iguanodontids that lived around the same time and region show a high rate of diversity. This indicates there may have been pressure for speedy evolutionary adaptation in the region, or perhaps a high volume of migration. © TotalDino · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
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Ornithischia Clade non classé
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Neornithischia Clade non classé
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Pyrodontia Clade non classé
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Cerapoda Clade non classé
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Ornithopoda Sous-ordre
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Iguanodontia Infraordre
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Euiguanodontia Clade non classé
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Dryomorpha Clade non classé
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Ankylopollexia Clade non classé
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Styracosterna Clade non classé
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Hadrosauriformes Clade non classé
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Comptonatus Genre
Sites de découverte 1 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇬🇧 Royaume-Uni
1
Formations géologiques
Wessex
1
Distribution temporelle
Barrémien (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Espèces (1)
Comptonatus chasei 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
J. A. F. Lockwood, D. M. Martill, and S. C. R. Maidment. 2024. Comptonatus chasei, a new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2346573 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (1)
J. A. F. Lockwood, D. M. Martill, and S. C. R. Maidment. 2024. Comptonatus chasei, a new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2346573 DOI ↗