The taxonomy of species assigned to Camptosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda)
Author
Mcdonald, Andrew T.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2783
52
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.200811
76b2912f-8856-4c85-842d-c3312bc2650f
1175-5326
200811
Cumnoria
prestwichii
Hulke, 1880
1880
Iguanodon prestwichii
Hulke
, p. 454.
1888
Cumnoria
prestwichi
(
sic
) Seeley, p. 698. 1889
Camptosaurus prestwichi
(
sic
) Lydekker, p. 48.
1909
Camptosaurus prestwichii
Gilmore
, p. 285.
1980
Camptosaurus prestwichii
Galton & Powell
, p. 412.
Holotype
.
OXFUM
J.3303, partial skull and postcranium.
Locality and horizon.
Chawley Brick Pit, near Cumnor, Oxfordshire,
UK
(
Galton & Powell 1980
); Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Kimmeridgian.
Generic diagnosis.
As
for the species by monotypy.
Specific diagnosis.
Basal styracosternan distinguished from all other iguanodontians except
Uteodon aphanoecetes
by a unique combination of characters; the same unique combination of characters distinguishes
Uteodon aphanoecetes
(see ‘Specific diagnosis’ above). Distinguished from
Uteodon aphanoecetes
by an occipital condyle that does not project farther ventrally than the basal tubera (
Figs. 7
B, C).
Remarks.
Cumnoria
prestwichii
was originally named as a new species of
Iguanodon
(
Hulke 1880
)
, as were numerous different basal iguanodonts in the 19th Century.
Seeley (1888)
subsequently erected the new genus
Cumnoria
for “
I
.”
prestwichii
. This designation was almost immediately challenged by
Lydekker (1889)
, who referred the species to
Camptosaurus
. Later authors have largely followed Lydekker’s decision (e.g.,
Gilmore 1909
;
Galton & Powell 1980
;
Norman 2004
), although in a recent historical overview of British dinosaurs,
Naish & Martill (2008)
suggested that using
Cumnoria
might be preferable in light of new information on the skull of
Camptosaurus
(
Brill & Carpenter 2007
)
.
The phylogenetic analysis supports Naish & Martill’s tentative proposal, recovering “
Camptosaurus
”
prestwichii
in a polytomy at the base of Styracosterna with
Uteodon aphanoecetes
in the reduced consensus tree. Thus, the generic name
Cumnoria
is reinstated for the species
Cu
.
prestwichii
.
Cumnoria
prestwichii
was coded based upon the
holotype
and only known specimen, OXFUM J.3303. See ‘Remarks’ on
Uteodon
for further discussion of the relationships of
Cumnoria
.