Hypsirophus hypsi-RO-phu
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Hypsirophus 7 m (23 ft) long
4 people holding hands
- Length
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (149.2–143.1 Mya)
- Place
- Unknown locality
- Food
- Herbivore
Hypsirophus is a stegosauridae known from the Jurassic period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.
What we know
- Originally named by Cope 1878.