Species
Valid Extinct

Hypselospinus fittoni

(Lydekker 1889)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
9
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Ornithopoda Suborder
Iguanodontia Infraorder
Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
Dryomorpha Unranked clade
Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
Neoiguanodontia Unranked clade
Hypselospinus Genus
Hypselospinus fittoni Species
Fossil sites 9 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
9
Geological formations
Speeton Clay
1
Temporal distribution
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
8
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Synonyms (2)
Darwinsaurus evolutionis subjective synonym of Hypselospinus fittoni
Huxleysaurus hollingtoniensis subjective synonym of Hypselospinus fittoni
Bibliography
Original description
R. Lydekker. 1889. Notes on new and other dinosaurian remains. Geological Magazine, decade 3 6(8):352-356 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 ↗