a plant-eating styracosternan iguanodont dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England.
Pronunciation: man-tell-i-SOR-us
Meaning: Mantell's lizard
Author/s: Paul (
2006)
Synonyms: Iguanodon atherfieldensis
First Discovery: Isle of Wight, England
Discovery Chart Position: #589
Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis
(Mantell's lizard from Atherfield)Etymology
Mantellisaurus is derived from "Mantell" (for Mary and Gideon Mantell, who
discovered and described the first Wealden iguanodonts) and the Greek "sauros" (lizard).
The
species epithet,
atherfieldensis, means "from Atherfield" in Latin.
Discovery
The first remains of
Mantellisaurus were discovered in the Shepherds Chine Member of the Upper Vectis Formation at Atherfield Village on the southwest shore of the Isle of Wight, by Reginald Walter Hooley, after a cliff fall in 1914. The name
Mantellisaurus was coined by Gregory Scott Paul in 2006.
The
holotype (BMNH R5764) is a partial skeleton.
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