曼特爾龍的化石最初是在1914年由雷金納德·胡利(Reginald Hooley)發現於英格蘭南部,而到1917年有新聞報導。胡利最初將牠們命名為阿瑟菲爾德禽龍,是以化石發現地威特島西南岸的阿瑟菲爾德村為名。在2007年,格里高利·保羅(Gregory S. Paul)建立曼特爾龍屬,是以發現禽龍的古生物學家吉迪恩·曼特爾(Gideon Mantell)為名[1]。
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