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Hypsilophodon: Profile of an Agile Cretaceous Herbivore Hypsilophodon (HIP-sih-LOH-fuh-don; “high-ridged tooth”) Hypsilophodon is a genus of small, agile ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 130 to 125 million years ago. Its fossils have been found primarily in the Wealden Group of the Isle of Wight, England, with other possible remains discovered […]

“`html Hypsirophus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Hypsirophus Hypsirophus (HIP-see-ROH-fuss; “high roof”) Hypsirophus is a genus of dinosaur that has a complex history in paleontology. It was named by the American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1878 based on fragmentary fossil remains, primarily vertebrae, discovered in the Morrison Formation of Colorado, USA. These rocks date