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] Hypselospinus grew to be around 6 meters (19.7 ft) long.
| Hypselospinus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ornithopoda |
| Clade: | †Ankylopollexia |
| Clade: | †Styracosterna |
| Genus: | †Hypselospinus Norman, 2010 |
| Species: | †H. fittoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselospinus fittoni | |
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Synonyms
- Iguanodon fittoni (Lydekker, 1889) = Hypselospinus fittoni
- Wadhurstia (Carpenter & Ishida, 2010) = Hypselospinus fittoni
References
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