Hypselospinus
hip-SEL-oh-SPY-nus /hɪpˌsɛləˈspaɪnəs/
Accepted genus
high spine
- hypselos · Greek · high, tall
- spinus · Latin · spine
The name combines the Greek "hypselos" (high) with the Latin "spinus" (spine). It refers to the tall neural spines on the animal's vertebrae. The type species, H. fittoni, was first described as Iguanodon fittoni and moved to its own genus in 2010.
- Named by
- Norman
- Year named
- 2010
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Valanginian
- Found in
- Wadhurst Clay Formation, Hastings Group, southern England (Sussex)
An iguanodontian ornithopod. The type species, Hypselospinus fittoni, was originally named Iguanodon fittoni by Lydekker in 1889. The exact stage is approximate.