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Hypsilophodon: quick facts

Hypsilophodon was the fastest of the ornithischians that lived in central United States, England, Spain and Portugal. Its snout ended in a beak, but it had teeth at the rear of its mouth. Hypsilophodo

Period
Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
7.5 feet (2.3 meters)
Weight
140 pounds (64 kg)
Family
Hypsilophodontidae

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