Ornithopsis

Ornithopsis
Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous, Barremian
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Lectotype vertebra NHMUK R28632
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Clade: †Macronaria
Clade: †Titanosauriformes
Genus: †Ornithopsis
Seeley, 1870[1]
Species:
†O. hulkei
Binomial name
†Ornithopsis hulkei
Seeley, 1870[1]
Synonyms[4]
  • Bothriospondylus magnus
    Owen, 1875[2]
  • Chondrosteosaurus magnus
    (Owen, 1875) Owen, 1876[3]

Ornithopsis (meaning "bird-likeness") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur, from the Early Cretaceous of England and possibly Germany. The type species, which is the only species seen as valid today, is O. hulkei, which is only known from fragmentary remains.[5]

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