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Hypselospinus Norman, 2010, gen. nov.
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Description
Hypselospinus gen. nov.
Figs 5–10
Etymology. From hypselos (Gr. = high/tall) + spina (L. = backbone). A reference to the singularly slender and elongate neural spines found on the dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae.
Type and only species. Hypselospinus fittoni (Lydekker, 1889).
Diagnosis. As for type species (below).
Notes
Published as part of Norman, David B., 2010, A taxonomy of iguanodontians (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the lower Wealden Group (Cretaceous: Valanginian) of southern England, pp. 47-66 in Zootaxa 2489 on page 55, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195571
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Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Genus
- Hypselospinus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hypselospinus Norman, 2010
References
- Lydekker, R. (1889) Notes on new and other dinosaur remains. Geological Magazine, VI, 352 - 356.