Hypselosaurus

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Hypselosaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda (unranked) Titanosauria Family: Titanosauridae Genus: Hypselosaurus
Binomial name
Hypselosaurus priscus Matheron, 1869

Hypselosaurus (meaning 'highest lizard', from Greek υψηλος meaning 'high' or 'lofty' and σαυρος meaning 'lizard') was a 27 foot long titanosaur sauropod that lived in European countries such as Romania, during the Late Cretaceous Period.

Its legs were unusually thick, but were one quarter of the size of those of other titanosaurid dinosaurs.

The type species, H. priscus, was described by Matheron in 1869.

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