 David Norman, in 2013, considered Paul's description of "Mantellodon" to be inadequate, identical to that given by Paul of "Darwinsaurus" and entirely incorrect, noting that no dentary is preserved in the holotype specimen, and that the preserved forelimb elements "are gracile, carpals are not preserved, the metacarpals are elongate and slender, and a thumb spike is not preserved".Norman considered the holotype specimen of "Mantellodon carpenteri" to be referable to the species "Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis".Specimen IRSNB 1551 from the Sainte-Barbe Clays, Belgium, became the second mounted skeleton of a non-avian dinosaur made primarily out of actual bone when put on display by Louis Dollo in 1884.