Genus
Valid Extinct

Hypselospinus

Norman 2010

Hypselospinus is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of Iguanodon by Richard Lydekker in 1889, the specific name honouring William Henry Fitton.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
9
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Hypselospinus
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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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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Neoiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Hypselospinus Genus
Fossil sites 9 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
9
Geological formations
Wadhurst Clay
8
Speeton Clay
1
Temporal distribution
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
8
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Species (3)
Darwinsaurus evolutionis subjective synonym of Hypselospinus fittoni 139 Ma
Huxleysaurus hollingtoniensis subjective synonym of Hypselospinus fittoni 139 Ma
Hypselospinus fittoni 139 Ma
Synonyms (2)
Darwinsaurus subjective synonym of Hypselospinus
Wadhurstia objective synonym of Hypselospinus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
D. B. Norman. 2010. A taxonomy of iguanodontians (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the lower Wealden Group (Cretaceous: Valanginian) of southern England. Zootaxa 2489:47-66 DOI ↗
Bibliography (7)
P. Turmine-Juhel, R. Wilks, and D. Brockhurst, P. A. Austen, C. J. Duffin, M. J. Benton. 2019. Microvertebrates from the Wadhurst Clay Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Ashdown Brickworks, East Sussex, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 130(6):752-769 DOI ↗
D. B. Norman. 2014. On the history, osteology, and systematic position of the Wealden (Hastings group) dinosaur Hypselospinus fittoni (Iguanodontia, Styracosterna). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in press DOI ↗
K. Brooks. 2011. Dinosaur quarries of Hastings. Hastings & District Geological Society Journal 17:7-13
P. M. Galton. 2009. Notes on Neocomian (Lower Cretaceous) ornithopod dinosaurs from England - Hypsilophodon, Valdosaurus, "Camptosaurus", "Iguanodon" - and referred specimens from Romania and elsewhere. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 28(1):211-273
M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London DOI ↗
A. S. Woodward and C. D. Sherborn. 1890. A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata. Dulao & Company, London DOI ↗
R. Lydekker. 1889. Notes on new and other dinosaurian remains. Geological Magazine, decade 3 6(8):352-356 DOI ↗