Ornithopsis was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and England (United Kingdom).
Quick facts about Ornithopsis:
- Existed from 164.7 million years ago to 122.46 million years ago
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 5 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Ornithopsis was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J. W. Hulke. 1879. Note (3rd) on (<i>Eucamerotus</i>, Hulke) <i>Ornithopsis</i>, H. G. Seeley, = <i>Bothriospondylus magnus</i> Owen, = <i>Chondrosteosaurus magnus</i>, Owen. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 35:752-762
- J. W. Hulke. 1887. Note on some dinosaurian remains in the collection of A. Leeds, Esq. Part I. Ornithopsis leedsii. Part II. Omosaurus, sp. Geological Magazine, decade 3 4:375-376
- J.-B. Greppin. 1870. Description géologique du Jura Bernois et de quelques districts adjacents, compris dans la feuille VII de l'Atlas Fédéral [Geological description of the Bernese Jura and several adjacent districts, included in sheet VII of the Federal Atlas]. Materiaux pour la Carte Géologique de La Suisse 8:1-357
