Hypselospinus fittoni Lydekker 1889 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Alternative combinations: Iguanodon fittoni, Wadhurstia fittoni

Synonyms: Darwinsaurus evolutionis Paul 2012, Huxleysaurus hollingtoniensis Lydekker 1889, Iguanodon hollingtonensis Lydekker 1889, Iguanodon hollingtoniensis Lydekker 1889

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. Notes on new and other dinosaurian remains. Geological Magazine, decade 3 6(8):352-356

Belongs to Hypselospinus according to J. A. Bonsor et al. 2023

See also Bartholomai and Molnar 1981, Blows 1998, Carpenter and Ishida 2010, Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2016, Galton 2009, Ibiricu et al. 2019, Ji and Zhang 2022, Kuhn 1964, Lydekker 1889, Lydekker 1890, Mansel-Pleydell 1896, Mansel-Pleydell 1902, Martin and Buffetaut 1992, McDonald et al. 2010, McDonald et al. 2012, McDonald et al. 2010, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1902, Norman 1987, Norman 1997, Norman 2004, Norman 2010, Norman 2013, Norman 2014, Norman 2014, Norman and Weishampel 1990, Pascual-Arribas et al. 2009, Paul 2008, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2010, Pereda Suberbiola and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2013, Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2011, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 1998, Santos-Cubedo et al. 2021, Van Den Broeck 1900, Verdú et al. 2021, Woodward and Sherborn 1890, Zheng et al. 2013 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Hypselospinus fittoni: BMNH R1635, a partial skeleton (incomplete left ilium, partial sacrum, midcaudal centrum, the eroded proximal end of an ischium (very dubious association). In addition, three isolated teeth (o). Its type locality is Shornden Quarry (sand), which is in a Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Wadhurst Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Darwinsaurus evolutionis: NHMUK R1831, 1833, 1835, 1836, a partial skeleton.
  • Huxleysaurus hollingtoniensis: Its type locality is Hollington Quarry (BMNH), which is in a Valanginian lacustrine - small horizon in the Wadhurst Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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