Hypselosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Hypselosaurus"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = A "Hypselosaurus" egg ("Dinosaurland", Lyme Regis).
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauria
familia = Titanosauridae
genus = "Hypselosaurus"
binomial = "Hypselosaurus priscus"
binomial_authority = Matheron, 1869

"Hypselosaurus" (meaning 'highest lizard', from Greek "υψηλος" meaning 'high' or 'lofty' and "σαυρος" meaning 'lizard') was a convert|27|ft|m|sing=on 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 convert|1|ft|m|sing=on in length. The type species, "H. priscus", was described by Matheron in 1869.

References

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6d7fd.htm "Hypselosaurus" at DinoRuss Web Site]