Comptonatus Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | † Ornithischia |
Clade: | † Neornithischia |
Clade: | † Ornithopoda |
Family: | † Iguanodontidae |
Genus: | †
Comptonatus Lockwood, Martill & Maidment, 2024 |
Species: | †C. chasei
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Binomial name | |
†Comptonatus chasei Lockwood, Martill & Maidment, 2024
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Comptonatus (meaning "the Compton thunderer") is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous epoch. Its remains are known from the Wessex Formation in England. The type and only species is C. chasei.
The holotype specimen, IWCMS 2014.80, was excavated in September–October 2013, close to where a Valdosaurus specimen was recovered the previous year. It is the most complete ornithopod dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight since Mantellisaurus in 1914. [1] [2]
Comptonatus was described as a new genus and species of iguanodontian dinosaur in 2024. The generic name, Comptonatus, combines the name of the location Compton with the Latin tonatus, meaning "thundered", and has the intended meaning of "the Compton thunderer", in reference to its discovery location and large size. The specific name, chasei, honours the late Nick Chase, who won the Palaeontological Association's Mary Anning Award in 2018 and discovered the specimen. [1] [3]
Comptonatus was entered into a phylogenetic analysis using the dataset of the description of the contemporary Brighstoneus. [4] It was found to be in a clade with Iguanodon, Barilium, and Mantellisaurus, all from the Isle of Wight, which has been termed the Iguanodontidae. The cladogram from the analysis is shown below: [1]
Comptonatus is one of the many iguanodonts known from the Isle of Wight, distinct from Iguanodon, Brighstoneus, and Mantellisaurus. The Wessex Formation had a warm and semi-arid Mediterranean climate, formed on alluvial meander plains. Forests on higher ground north of the floodplain consisted of Pinophyta, Ginkgophyta, Pteridophyta, Cycadophyta. Forest fires and floods were common occurrences, resulting in the formation of plant debris beds. [4]
Comptonatus Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | † Ornithischia |
Clade: | † Neornithischia |
Clade: | † Ornithopoda |
Family: | † Iguanodontidae |
Genus: | †
Comptonatus Lockwood, Martill & Maidment, 2024 |
Species: | †C. chasei
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Binomial name | |
†Comptonatus chasei Lockwood, Martill & Maidment, 2024
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Comptonatus (meaning "the Compton thunderer") is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous epoch. Its remains are known from the Wessex Formation in England. The type and only species is C. chasei.
The holotype specimen, IWCMS 2014.80, was excavated in September–October 2013, close to where a Valdosaurus specimen was recovered the previous year. It is the most complete ornithopod dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight since Mantellisaurus in 1914. [1] [2]
Comptonatus was described as a new genus and species of iguanodontian dinosaur in 2024. The generic name, Comptonatus, combines the name of the location Compton with the Latin tonatus, meaning "thundered", and has the intended meaning of "the Compton thunderer", in reference to its discovery location and large size. The specific name, chasei, honours the late Nick Chase, who won the Palaeontological Association's Mary Anning Award in 2018 and discovered the specimen. [1] [3]
Comptonatus was entered into a phylogenetic analysis using the dataset of the description of the contemporary Brighstoneus. [4] It was found to be in a clade with Iguanodon, Barilium, and Mantellisaurus, all from the Isle of Wight, which has been termed the Iguanodontidae. The cladogram from the analysis is shown below: [1]
Comptonatus is one of the many iguanodonts known from the Isle of Wight, distinct from Iguanodon, Brighstoneus, and Mantellisaurus. The Wessex Formation had a warm and semi-arid Mediterranean climate, formed on alluvial meander plains. Forests on higher ground north of the floodplain consisted of Pinophyta, Ginkgophyta, Pteridophyta, Cycadophyta. Forest fires and floods were common occurrences, resulting in the formation of plant debris beds. [4]