Notohypsilophodon
"southern"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Notohypsilophodon 1.3 m (4.3 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 1.3 m (4.3 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (99.6–89.8 Mya)
- Place
- South America · Antarctica · Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Notohypsilophodon (meaning “southern Hypsilophodon”) is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. It was described as the only “hypsilophodont” known from South America, although this assessment is not universally supported, and Gasparinisaura is now believed to have been a basal euornithopod as well.
What we know
- Named by Martínez, 1998.
- Body length estimated at about 1.3 m.
- Fossils found in South America and Antarctica.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Notohypsilophodon — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.