Notohypsilophodon

southern Hypsilophodon

• notos · Greek · south
• Hypsilophodon · Greek (genus name) · high-ridge tooth, a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur

The name combines the Greek "notos" (south) with Hypsilophodon, a small ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous of England. It was chosen because the animal was thought to be a Southern Hemisphere relative of Hypsilophodon, found in South America (Argentina).

Named by

Martínez

Year named

1998

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Patagonia, Argentina

A small, plant-eating ornithopod. The type species is Notohypsilophodon comitans. Its exact relationships have been debated, since it was originally compared with hypsilophodontids, a group now considered unnatural. Details such as the formation and stage are not given here because I am not certain of them.