Hypselospinus

Hypselospinus
Temporal range: early Valanginian
~140 Ma
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Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Neornithischia
Clade: †Ornithopoda
Clade: †Ankylopollexia
Clade: †Styracosterna
Genus: †Hypselospinus
Norman, 2010
Species:
†H. fittoni
Binomial name
†Hypselospinus fittoni
(Lydekker, 1889 [originally Iguanodon fittoni])
Synonyms
  • Wadhurstia Carpenter & Ishida, 2010
  • Darwinsaurus? Paul, 2012
  • Huxleysaurus Paul, 2012

Hypselospinus is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of Iguanodon (I. fittoni) by Richard Lydekker in 1889, the specific name honouring William Henry Fitton.[1]

  1. ^ Lydekker, Richard (1889). "Notes on New and other dinosaurian remains". Geological Magazine. 6 (8): 352–356. Bibcode:1889GeoM....6..352L. doi:10.1017/S0016756800176587.