Notohypsilophodon

Field photograph to come

DV-0421Bajo Barreal Fm., Argentina

Notohypsilophodon

DV-0421

Lived
101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ornithopods
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Martínez 1998

Field notes

About Notohypsilophodon

Notohypsilophodon was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 90 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Notohypsilophodon, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Bajo Barreal Formation. It was named by Martínez in 1998.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

95 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Elasmaria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. D. Martínez. 1998. Notohypsilophodon comodorensis gen. et sp. nov. un Hypsilophodontidae (Ornitischia: Ornithopoda) del Cretácico Superior de Chubut, Patagonia central, Argentina [Notohypsilophodon comodorensis gen. et sp. nov., a Hypsilophodontidae (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Chubut, central Patagonia, Argentina]. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 21(46/47):119-135