Ornithopsis was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as England (United Kingdom) and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).
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):
- H. G. Seeley. 1882. On a remarkable dinosaurian coracoid from the Wealden of Brook in the Isle of Wight, preserved in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge, probably referable to <i>Ornithopsis</i>. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 38:367-371
- H. G. Seeley. 1887. On Heterosuchus valdensis, Seeley, a procoelian crocodile from the Hastings Sand of Hastings. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 43:212-215
- J. B. Delair. 1960. The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part two. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 80:52-90
