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Hypsilophodon foxii

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Dinosaur: Hypsilophodon foxii

Cretaceous: 125.8–121.4 Ma
Type: Ornithopod

Length*:2.15 m7.1 ft
Weight*:21 kg46 lb
ESR: 4 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Europe

Area: Europe


Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Years: 125.8–121.4 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Huxley
Year: 1869

Distribution

Area: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Region: England
Formation: Wessex


Locations


Sources

Material: Many individuals (include complete skeletons and skulls).
References: Galton, Peter M. (2009). "Notes on Neocomian (Late Cretaceous) ornithopod dinosaurs from England - Hypsilophodon, Valdosaurus, "Camptosaurus", "Iguanodon" – and referred specimens from Romania and elsewhere".

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