Brighstoneus

of Brighstone

• Brighstone · English (place name) · village on the Isle of Wight, England
• -eus · Latin · belonging to, of

Brighstoneus is named after the village of Brighstone on the southwest coast of the Isle of Wight, England, near where the fossils were found. The Latin-style ending "-eus" means "of" or "belonging to", so the name literally means "of Brighstone". The type species is Brighstoneus simmondsi.

Named by

Lockwood et al.

Year named

2021

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Barremian

Found in

Wessex Formation, Isle of Wight, England, UK

An iguanodontian ornithopod related to Iguanodon and other early hadrosauroid relatives. It is a valid genus, not a synonym. The pronunciation is approximate.