Jeholosaurus

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Jeholosaurus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis skeleton reconstruction (Dinosaurland, Lyme Regis).
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Cerapoda Infraorder: Ornithopoda Family: Hypsilophodontidae Genus: Jeholosaurus Species: J. shangyuanensis
Binomial name
Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis Xu et al, 2000

Jeholosaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period. It lived in what is now China and its fossils have been found in the Yixian Formation. It was a hypsilophodont, a primitive ornithopod. Like all ornithopods, it was herbivorous.

The type species, Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis, was described using two partial skeletons by Xu, Wang and You in 2000.

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• http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/ornithopoda.htm