Hypselosaurus

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Hypselosaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
A Hypselosaurus egg (Dinosaurland, Lyme Regis).
Conservation status
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 titanosaurid sauropod that lived in European countries such as Romania, during the Late Cretaceous Period (Maastrichtian stage, around 65 to 70 million years ago).

Its legs were unusually thick, but were one quarter of the size of those of other titanosaurid dinosaurs. It also laid unusually large eggs; they have been measured at around 1 foot in length. The type species, H. priscus, was described by Matheron in 1869.

[edit] References

• Hypselosaurus at DinoRuss Web Site