Describer

Fitzinger, 1840

Time

Cretaceous Early Aptian

Classification

Ornithischia Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Iguanodontidae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Wealden Beds, Nordrhein-Westphalen, Germany

Fall Under

Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis

Info

Genus

Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis (Paul, 2006) > Iguanodon atherfieldensis (Hooley, 1924) > Iguanodon mantelli (Meyer, 1832) Vectisaurus valdensis (Hulke, 1879) Therosaurus mantelli (Fitzinger, 1840) Sphenospondylus gracilis (Seeley, 1882) Heterosaurus neocomiensis (Cornual, 1850 partim).

Therosaurus was introduced in Fitzinger, 1840 point-blank as a renaming of Iguanodon.