Hypselospinus
Hypselospinus is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur which was first described as a species of Iguanodon (I. fittoni) by Richard Lydekker in 1889, the specific name honouring William Henry Fitton.[1] Hypselospinus grew to be around 6 meters (19.7 ft) long.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Ornithischia |
| Clade: | Ankylopollexia |
| Clade: | Styracosterna |
| Genus: | Hypselospinus Norman, 2010 |
| Species: | H. fittoni
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Synonyms
- Iguanodon fittoni (Lydekker, 1889) = Hypselospinus fittoni
- Wadhurstia (Carpenter & Ishida, 2010) = Hypselospinus fittoni
Hypselospinus Media
Metatarsal III foot bone of specimen NHMUK R1148n (formerly assigned to its own genus, Huxleysaurus)
References
- ↑ Lydekker, Richard. On the remains and affinities of five genera of Mesozoic reptiles. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 45 (1–4) (1889). p. 41–59. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1889.045.01-04.04.