Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Ornithopoda›Dryosauridae
Silhouette of Valdosaurus canaliculatus

Valdosaurus Valdosaurus canaliculatus (Galton 1975)

/vˌældəsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 132.6–121.4 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Valdosaurus canaliculatus is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 132.6–121.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Galton 1975). The species is represented by 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~18%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 5 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Valdosaurus canaliculatus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Valdosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Valdosaurus canaliculatus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Protopteryx
Protopteryx fengningensis
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predator–prey
Phuwiangvenator
Phuwiangvenator yaemniyomi
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predator–prey
Concornis
Concornis lacustris
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coexisted–with
Phuwiangosaurus
Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae
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coexisted–with
Baryonyx
Baryonyx walkeri
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same–clade
Iguanodon
Iguanodon major
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same–clade
Istiorachis
Istiorachis macarthurae
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same–clade
Magnamanus
Magnamanus soriaensis
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