“Hypsilophodon” wielandi
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Dinosaur: "Hypsilophodon" wielandi
| Length*: | 2.75 m | 9.0 ft |
| Weight*: | 45 kg | 99 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Years: 125.8–121.4 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Galton & Jensen
Year: 1979
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: South Dakota
Formation: Lakota
Sources
Material: Left femur.
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".
