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Valdosaurus
Valdosaurus canaliculatus (Galton 1975)
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 sits in deep time
Valdosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Valdosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.