Hypselospinus

DV-0738 · type species Hypselospinus fittoni

Lived: 137 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Ornithopods
Found in: United Kingdom
Named by: Norman 2010

Field notes

About Hypselospinus

Hypselospinus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 133 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 7 finds of Hypselospinus, from United Kingdom. Its fossils come from the Wadhurst Clay Formation. It was named by Norman in 2010.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

7 finds

135 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Neoiguanodontia.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. B. Norman. 2010. A taxonomy of iguanodontians (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the lower Wealden Group (Cretaceous: Valanginian) of southern England. Zootaxa 2489:47-66