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Ornithopsis Ornithopsis hulkei (Seeley 1870)
/ˌɔːɹnɪθˈɑːpsɪs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · 132.6–119.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Formation
Wessex
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
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 is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Ornithopsis hulkei sits in deep time
Ornithopsis
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ornithopsis hulkei'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.