[D] Camptosaurus prestwichii [Su]
Describer
Hulke, 1880
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Camptosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Kimmerdige Clay, Oxfordshire, England; Unnamed stratigraphic unit. Estremadura Province, Portugal
Fall Under
Camptosaurus
Info
Skull
Camptosaurus (Marsh, 1885) = Brachyrophus (Cope, 1878) Cumnoria (Seeley, 1888) Symphyrophus (Cope, 1878)
Camptosaurus > Camptosaurus dispar (Marsh, 1879) = Camptonotus dispar (Marsh, 1879) > Brachyrophus altarkansanus (Cope, 1878) Symphyrophus musculosus (Cope, 1878) Camptosaurus medius (Marsh, 1894) Camptosaurus nanus (Marsh, 1894) Camptosaurus browni (Gilmore, 1909) Camptosaurus prestwichii (Hulke, 1880) = Iguanodon prestwichii (Hulke, 1880)
Fragmentary skull and skeleton. The Dinosauria records Camptosaurus prestwichii\\\\\\\'s fossilsite as England (that\\\\\\\'s for the type locality). However, many scattered occurrences of Camptosaurus prestwichii have been attributed to remains found in France, Spain, and Portugal.
Most of these remains have been labelled as Camptosaurus sp.,or Iguanodontid indet. As an unwritten rule, all Camptosaurus or Iguanodon material found in European & North African, Kimmeridgian strata are considered Camptosaurus prestwichii.