Hypsilophodon
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Hypsilophodon was a small, fast-running, plant-eating dinosaur. It lived 125 million years ago, was 2.3 metres long (7/8 feet), including tail, and weighed about the same as a man.
Quick Facts Hypsilophodon Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous, 130ā125 mya, Scientific classification ...
Hypsilophodon Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous, 130ā125 mya | |
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Hypsilophodon skeleton. | |
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Family: | Hypsilophodontidae |
Genus: | Hypsilophodon |
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Hypsilophodon foxii Huxley, 1869 | |
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It was originally thought to be a young Iguanodon which could climb trees. Later it was realised to be a different species, and to be a running dinosaur, not adapted for climbing.