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