Valdosaurus

Weald lizard

• Valdo- · Latinised from English/Old English · the Weald (Wealden region of southern England)
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name refers to the Weald, the region of southern England where the Wealden rocks are exposed and where the first fossils were found. It was combined with the Greek word for lizard. The species was first described as a species of Hypsilophodon before being given its own genus.

Named by

Galton

Year named

1977

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Barremian

Found in

Wessex Formation, Isle of Wight, England, UK

A small, bipedal herbivorous ornithopod, usually placed in or near Dryosauridae. The type species is V. canaliculatus. A second species once assigned from Niger (V. nigeriensis) has since been moved to its own genus, Elrhazosaurus.