Ornithopsis Ornithopsis

"bird-likeness"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ornithopsis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
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Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Germany · United Kingdom
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Ornithopsis (meaning “bird-likeness”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England and possibly Germany. The type species, which is the only species seen as valid today, is O. hulkei, which is only known from fragmentary remains.

What we know

  • Named by Seeley, 1870.
  • Fossils found in Germany and United Kingdom.