north of Piedmont (AMNH) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Hypsilophodon wielandi type

Where: Meade County, South Dakota (44.3° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 53.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lakota Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• 38 m above top of Morrison. Age listed as "?Aptian sensu Cobbin and Reeside 1952"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. R. Wieland in 1900; reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: M. K. Jesup. 1901. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. Annual Report of the President, Treasurer's Report, List of Accessions, Act of Incorporation, Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members for the Year 1900 21–23; 76-77 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27031: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.11.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Hypsilophodon wielandi n. sp. Galton and Jensen 1979 ornithopod
"herbivorous dinosaur"