Callovosaurus

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Callovosaurus Fossil range: Middle Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Ornithopoda Infraorder: Iguanodontia Family: Dryosauridae Genus: Callovosaurus

Callovosaurus ("Callovian lizard") is a primitive Iguanodont dinosaur from the mid-Jurassic period in England. The diet of Callovosaurus, like that of other Iguanodonts, was plant material. Among its contemporaries were Lexovisaurus and Cetiosaurus. Predators of the same time period included Eustreptospondylus and Megalosaurus. Callovosaurus probably travelled in herds (based on behaviors of more well known ornithopods like Iguanodon) if it was to avoid being attacked and/or finished off by these predators.

The type species, C. leedsi, was first described by Lydekker in 1889 and redescribed by Galton in 1980.

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