Notohypsilophodon
Field photograph to come
Notohypsilophodon
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- 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
95 million years ago
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