Yaverlandia

Taxobox
name = "Yaverlandia"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
infraordo = Tetanurae
unranked_familia = ?Maniraptora
familia = unknown
genus = "Yaverlandia"
genus_authority = Galton, 1971
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Y. bitholus" Galton, 1971 (type)

"Yaverlandia" is a genus of theropod dinosaur. Known from a partial fossil skull found in Lower Cretaceous strata on the Isle of Wight, it was described as the earliest known member of the pachycephalosaurid family, but recent research by Darren Naish shows it to have actually been a theropod, seemingly a maniraptoran.cite journal |last=Naish |first=Darren |coauthors=and Martill, David M. |year=2008 |title=Dinosaurs of Great Britain and the role of the Geological Society of London in their discovery: Ornithischia |journal=Journal of the Geological Society, London |volume=165 |pages=613-623] "Yaverlandia" was named from where it was found, Yaverland Point.

References

*Sullivan, R.M. 2006. A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). "New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin" 35:347-365.
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A664616 BBC: Dinosaurs of The Isle of Wight - Ornithischians]