Hypsilophodon foxii

Hypsilophodon

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Hypsilophodon was a small, bipedal ornithopod. It was around 2.15 meters long and weighed around 20 kilograms. It was a nimble runner and had a sharp beak with which it bit off parts of plants.

It has a horny beak, cheek pouches and 28-30 self-sharpening molars in a small skull 12 cm long and 5 cm wide.

Hypsilophodon may have had 2 rows of bony plates running down its back. Slender legs and a stiff tail gave the Hypsilophodon speed and agility.

It had large eyes, strong jaws, five-fingered hands, and four-toed feet (one toe on each foot had a hind claw).

Hypsilophodon Größenvergleich
Hypsilophodon size comparison

Hypsilophodon

Getting around:Two-legged
Food:herbivores
Length:2.15m
Height:0.5m
Weight:21kg
Hypsilophodon foxii Schädel
Hypsilophodon foxii skull
Hypsilophodon Skelett Brüssel
Hypsilophodon skeleton Brussels
Hypsilophodon foxii
Hypsilophodon foxii
Mantell-Bowerbank Block
Mantell-Bowerbank block

Image sources: Skeletal reconstruction of Hypsilophodon, Brussels: MWAK, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Mantell-Bowerbank block: Jos. Spelled, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hipsylophodon_foxi_skull: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Hypsilophodon_foxi: Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Common

Size comparison: User:Slate Weasel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons