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Hypselospinus ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hypselospinus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 140 - 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 140 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | herbivore (based on Ornithopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Ornithischia) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. B. Norman. 2010. A taxonomy of iguanodontians (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the lower Wealden Group (Cretaceous: Valanginian) of southern England. Zootaxa 2489:47-66 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hypselospinus fittoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2010 | Wadhurstia Carpenter and Ishida p. 156 |
| 2010 | Hypselospinus Norman p. 55 |
| 2012 | Darwinsaurus Paul |
| 2014 | Hypselospinus Norman |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
