Yaverlandia
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Yaverlandia (meaning "of Yaverland Point/Yaverland Battery") is a genus of maniraptoran dinosaur. Known from a partial fossil skull (MIWG 1530) found in Lower Cretaceous strata of the Wessex Formation (Upper Silty Bed; Vectis Formation) on the Isle of Wight.[1][2][3] it was described as the earliest known member of the pachycephalosaurid family, but research by Darren Naish shows it to have actually been a theropod, seemingly a maniraptoran.[4] The type species is Y. bitholus.[5]
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Yaverlandia | |
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Replica of MIWG 1530 seen from two different angles | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Maniraptoriformes |
Clade: | Maniraptora |
Genus: | †Yaverlandia Galton, 1971 |
Species: | †Y. bitholus |
Binomial name | |
†Yaverlandia bitholus Galton, 1971 | |
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