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The Hastings Beds is a geological formation in southeast England whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous

Early Cretaceous

The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...

. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Ornithischians

Ornithischians reported from the Hastings Beds
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Hylaeosaurus Hylaeosaurus Hylaeosaurus is the most obscure of the three animals used by Sir Richard Owen to first define the new group Dinosauria, in 1842. The original specimen, recovered by Gideon Mantell from the Tilgate Forest in the south of England in 1832, now resides in the Natural History Museum of London, where...	H. armatus	East Sussex West Sussex		"Partial skull, skeleton, isolated postcrania."
Iguanodon Iguanodon Iguanodon is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived roughly halfway between the first of the swift bipedal hypsilophodontids and the ornithopods' culmination in the duck-billed dinosaurs...	I. anglicus	West Sussex		"Teeth and postcranial fragments."
	I. bernissartensis	West Sussex			Remains once tentatively referred to I. bernissartensis are now regarded as being I. anglicus remains.
	I. dawsoni	East Sussex		"[Two] partial skeletons."
	I. fittoni	East Sussex
	I. hollingtoniensis	East Sussex			Now referred to I. fittoni.
	Indeterminate	Kent
Regnosaurus Regnosaurus Regnosaurus is a genus of herbivorous stegosaurian dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous Period in what is now England.-Discovery and species:...	R. northamptoni	West Sussex			Now considered indeterminate stegosaurid Stegosaurides Stegosaurides is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in the Xinminbao Formation near Heishan in Gansu Province in China. These fossils consist of fragmentary material, including spinal elements... material.
Streptospondylus Streptospondylus Streptospondylus is a genus of tetanuran theropod dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic period of France, 161 million years ago. It was a medium-sized predator.-Discovery and naming:...	S. major	West Sussex			Now referred to Iguanodon anglicus.
Thecospondylus Thecospondylus Thecospondylus is a dubious genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of EnglandDr. A.C. Horner, an amateur geologist living at Tonbridge, in the nineteenth century acquired a fossil found in the quarry of Southborough...	T. horneri	Kent		"Internal mold of sacrum."	Dubious genus that has been variously classified as either a saurischian or ornithischian. It is currently only tentatively regarded as dinosaurian.
Valdosaurus Valdosaurus Valdosaurus is a genus of bipedal herbivorous iguanodont ornithopod dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight and elsewhere in England. It lived during the Early Cretaceous.-Discovery and naming:...	V. canaliculatus	West Sussex

Saurischians

Saurischians reported from the Hastings Beds
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Becklespinax Becklespinax Becklespinax is a genus of large theropod dinosaur based on a type specimen of three tall-spined vertebrae found in 1884 in Sussex, England by the fossil collector Samuel H. Beckles. The fossils are believed to have been from the Early Cretaceous....	B. altispinax	East Sussex		"Dorsal vertebrae."
Cetiosaurus Cetiosaurus Cetiosaurus meaning 'whale lizard', from the Greek cetus/κητος meaning 'sea monster' and saurus/σαυρος meaning 'lizard', was a sauropod dinosaur from the Mid to Late Jurassic Period in what are now Europe and Africa. It is estimated to have been about long and to have weighed roughly...	C. brevis	East Sussex West Sussex			Now considered indeterminate sauropod remains.
Megalosaurus Megalosaurus Megalosaurus is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period of Europe...	M. dunkeri	East Sussex West Sussex			Now considered indeterminate theropod remains.
	M. oweni	West Sussex			Reclassified as the type of the new genus Valdoraptor Valdoraptor Valdoraptor is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in England. It is known only from bones of the feet.... . Now considered indeterminate theropod remains.
	Indeterminate	~~Kent~~			The Kent "Megalosaurus Megalosaurus Megalosaurus is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period of Europe... sp." remains are now attributed to an indeterminate theropod.
Ornithopsis Ornithopsis Ornithopsis was a medium-sized Early Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur, from England. It has been considered a synonym of the wastebasket taxon Pelorosaurus, but recent research suggests that this is not as clear-cut as supposed...	O. hulkei	East Sussex
Pelorosaurus Pelorosaurus Pelorosaurus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur. Pelorosaurus was one of the first sauropod dinosaurs ever discovered. Pelorosaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 138-112 million years ago. Fossils referred to Pelorosaurus have been found in England and Portugal...	P. becklesi	East Sussex
	P. coneybeari	West Sussex		"Humerus [and four] caudal vertebrae."
Pleurocoelus	P. valdensis	East Sussex West Sussex			Now regarded as indeterminate sauropod remains.
Streptospondylus Streptospondylus Streptospondylus is a genus of tetanuran theropod dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic period of France, 161 million years ago. It was a medium-sized predator.-Discovery and naming:...	S. major	West Sussex			Now referred to Iguanodon anglicus.
Thecospondylus Thecospondylus Thecospondylus is a dubious genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of EnglandDr. A.C. Horner, an amateur geologist living at Tonbridge, in the nineteenth century acquired a fossil found in the quarry of Southborough...	T. horneri	Kent			Dubious genus that has been variously classified as either a saurischian or ornithischian. It is currently only tentatively regarded as dinosaurian.
Valdoraptor Valdoraptor Valdoraptor is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in England. It is known only from bones of the feet....	V. oweni	Kent		"Metatarsals."
Wyleyia Wyleyia Wyleyia is a prehistoric bird genus with a single species, Wyleyia valdensis, known from the Early Cretaceous of England. Even this is only known from a single damaged right humerus. It has been named to honor J. F. Wyley, who found the specimen in the Weald Clay deposits of Henfield in Sussex...	W. valdensis	West Sussex

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