Comptonatus

born at Compton (Bay)

• Compton · English (place name) · Compton Bay, Isle of Wight
• natus · Latin · born

The name combines Compton Bay, the Isle of Wight locality where the fossil was found, with the Latin "natus" (born), giving roughly "born at Compton". The only named species, Comptonatus chasei, honours Nick Chase, who discovered the specimen. It was an iguanodontian ornithopod, formerly referred to Iguanodon.

Named by

Lockwood, Martill and Maidment

Year named

2024

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Barremian

Found in

Wessex Formation, Isle of Wight, England, UK

An iguanodontian ornithopod. Details such as the etymology of the suffix and the authorship are given from memory and should be checked against the original description.