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Ornithopsis
Ornithopsis hulkei (Seeley 1870)
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · 132.6–119.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Ornithopsis hulkei is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 132.6–119.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Seeley 1870). The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Ornithopsis sits in deep time
Ornithopsis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ornithopsis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.