In the geologic timescale, Valanginian is a stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch. It spanned between 140.2 ± 3.0 Ma and 136.4 ± 2.0 Ma (million years ago). The Valanginian stage succeeds the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous and precedes the Hauterivian stage of the Early Cretaceous. It is named after Valangin, a small town north of Neuchâtel in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland.

Fauna

Ankylosaurs

Birds

Crocodylomorphs

Crocodylomorphs of the Valanginian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Dakosaurus lapparenti2				Dakosaurus Enaliosuchus
Enaliosuchus2
Machimosaurus

Ornithopods

Ornithopoda of the Valanginian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Fulgurotherium		Australia	May be a chimera based on multiple species of ornithopods.	Iguanodon Lanzhousaurus
Iguanodon		Europe, North America
Kangnasaurus		Cape Province, South Africa	Generally considered nomen dubium, it classified as a genus similar to Dryosaurus, i.e. an iguanodont.
Lanzhousaurus		Lanzhou, Gansu, China	Notable for its "astonishingly huge teeth", among the largest for any herbivorous creature ever, which indicate it is an iguanodont. The mandible, longer than one meter, suggests very large size for the animal.
Valdosaurus		Isle of Wight, England; Niger, Afria	A dryosaurid

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Valanginian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
Lonchodectes				Pterodaustro
Pterodaustro		Lagarcito Formation, San Luis Province, Argentina; Chile

Sauropods

Stegosaurs

Theropods

theropods of the Valanginian
Taxa	Presence	Location	Description	Images
"Ginnareemimus"1				Sinovenator
Nqwebasaurus1
Phaedrolosaurus1
Xinjiangovenator

Footnotes

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