Fulgurotherium

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Fulgurotherium Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Cerapoda Infraorder: Ornithopoda Family:  ?Hypsilophodontidae Genus: Fulgurotherium Species: F. australe
Binomial name
Fulgurotherium australe Huene, 1932

Fulgurotherium is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It lived in what is now Australia. It was a hypsilophodont, a primitive ornithopod. The type species, Fulgurotherium australe, was formalized by Huene in 1932, but the animal may be a chimera based on multiple species of ornithopods.

[edit] See also

• List of Australian dinosaurs

[edit] References

• http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/ornithopoda.htm