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Hypselospinus Hypselospinus fittoni (Lydekker 1889)
/hˈɪpsɪlˌɑːspɪnəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · 139.1–132.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Formation
Wadhurst Clay
Dig sites
6
distinct collections
Overview
Hypselospinus fittoni is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 139.1–132.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom. It was named by (Lydekker 1889). The species is represented by 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~30%
well attested
Based on 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Hypselospinus fittoni sits in deep time
Hypselospinus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Hypselospinus fittoni's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.