[D] Calamospondylus foxi
Describer
Lydekker, 1889 / Fox, 1866
Time
Cretaceous Early Valanginian Hauterivian Barremian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Nomina Dubia
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Wealden Beds, Isle of Wight, England
Fall Under
Calamosaurus foxi
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Calamosaurus foxi (Lydekker, 1891) >> Calamospondylus foxi (Lydekker, 1889 / Fox, 1866)
The original description was very brief without an illustration, and the name is now generally considered a nomen nudem. The same specimen later was described in detail by Seeley under the name Aristosuchus. According to Lydekker, preoccupied by Calamospondylus (Fox, 1866).
Holotype BMNH R901