Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight: Encyclopedia II - Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight - List of dinosaur species

Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight - List of dinosaur species

Unless otherwise specified, the follow is a list of dinosaurs for which almost complete skeletons have been found on the island. There are also many more species known only from a single or very few bones.

Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight - Order Ornithischia

• Suborder Ornithopoda ("bird-footed", bipedal herbivores)
  • Iguanodon bernissartensis: Vertebrae of the two Iguanadon species are particularly common.
  • Iguanodon atherfieldensis
  • Valdosaurus canaliculatus
  • Hypsilophodon foxi: Named after Reverend Fox, a fossil collector of the Isle of Wight who found several skeletons.

• Suborder Thyreophora ("shield-bearers", armored herbivorous dinosaurs)
  • Polacanthus foxi: Also named after the Reverend Fox. Notable as no head to the specimen has ever been found, and reconstructions are based upon suppositions from similar anklosaurids.

Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight - Order Saurischia

• Suborder Sauropodomorpha ("sauropod-like", giant long-necked herbivores)
  • The 'Barnes High' sauropod: A member of the Brachiosauridae family, most likely Eucamerotus or Pelorosaurus. This is the most complete specimen from the Wealden era.

• Suborder Theropoda ("beast foot", bipedal carnivores)
  • Baryonyx walkeri: Teeth are common on the Island. Hand bones have also been found.
  • Eotyrannus lengi: possibly the oldest member of the tyrannosaurid family. First identified in 1997 and named in 2001 from a single specimen found on the island.
  • Neovenator salerii: The holotype skeleton was found on the island.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "List of dinosaur species", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki