Name:
Yaverlandia
(from Yaverland).
Phonetic: Yah-ver-land-e-ah.
Named By: Peter M. Galton - 1971.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Maniraptora?
Species: Y. bitholus (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: England, Isle of Wight -
Wessex Formation.
Time period: Hauterivian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
When initially described, the dinosaur Yaverlandia was thought to be a pachycephalosaur, but a later study in 2008 (Naish & Martill) clarified the genus as representing a theropod dinosaur.
Further reading
- A primitive dome-headed dinosaur (Ornithischia:
Pachycephalosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and the
function of the dome of pachycephalosaurids. - Journal of
Paleontology 45(1):40-47 - Peter M. Galton - 1971.
- A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria:
Ornithischia). - New Mexico Museum of Natural History and
Science Bulletin 35:347-365. - R. M. Sullivan - 2006.
- Dinosaurs of Great Britain and the role of the Geological Society
of London in their discovery: Ornithischia. - Journal of the
Geological Society, London 165 (3): 613–623. - Darren
Naisch & David M. Martill - 2008.