Genus
Valid Extinct

Hypsilophodon

Huxley 1870

Hypsilophodon is a neornithischian dinosaur genus from the Early Cretaceous period of England. It has traditionally been considered an early member of the group Ornithopoda, but recent research has put this into question.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
10
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Hypsilophodon
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Hypsilophodontidae Family
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Hypsilophodon Genus
Fossil sites 10 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
4
🇪🇸 Spain
3
🇵🇹 Portugal
1
🇷🇴 Romania
1
🇯🇵 Japan
1
Geological formations
Wessex
2
Villar del Arzobispo
1
Lourinhã
1
Lower Bauxite
1
Vectis
1
Artoles
1
Castrillo de la Reina
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
7
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Hypsilophodon foxii 126 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
T. H. Huxley. 1870. On Hypsilophodon foxii, a new dinosaurian from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight. Quarterly Review of the Geological Society of London 26:3-12 DOI ↗
Bibliography (10)
J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and J. I. Canudo. 2003. Dinosaurios (Saurischia, Ornithischia) en el Barremiense (Cretácico Inferior) de la península Ibérica [Dinosaurs (Saurischia, Ornithischia) in the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Iberian peninsula]. Dinosaurios y Otros Reptiles Mesozóicos de España
J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca and J. I. Canudo. 2001. Dos yacimientos excepcionales con vertebrados continentales del Barremiense (Cretácico Inferior) de Teruel: Vallipón y La Cantalera [Two exceptional localities with continental vertebrates in the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Teruel: Vallipón and La Cantalera]. Naturaleza Aragonesa 7:8-18
E. Tallodi Posmosanu and E. Popa. 1997. Notes on a camptosaurid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous bauxite, Cornet–Romania. Nymphaea: Folia Naturae Bihariae 23-25:35-44
Y. Hasegawa, M. Okura, and M. Manabe. 1990. Smaller dinosaur, Hypsilophodon tooth from Gifu Prefecture. 139th Regular Meeting of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, June 30-July 1, 1990
A. D. Buscalioni and J. L. Sanz. 1984. Los Arcosaurios (Reptilia) del Jurásico superior – Cretácico inferior de Galve (Teruel, España) [The archosaurs (Reptilia) from the Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous of Galve (Teruel, Spain)]. Teruel 71:9-30
P. M. Galton. 1980. European Jurassic ornithopod dinosaurs of the families Hypsilophodontidae and Camptosauridae. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 160(1):73-95 DOI ↗
E. Buffetaut and R. L. E. Ford. 1979. The crocodilian Bernissartia in the Wealden of the Isle of Wight . Palaeontology 22(4):905-912
P. M. Galton. 1974. The ornithischian dinosaur Hypsilophodon from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History 25:1-152 DOI ↗
J. W. Hulke. 1874. Supplemental note on the anatomy of <i>Hypsilophodon foxii</i>. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:18-23 DOI ↗
T. H. Huxley. 1870. On Hypsilophodon foxii, a new dinosaurian from the Wealden of the Isle of Wight. Quarterly Review of the Geological Society of London 26:3-12 DOI ↗