Ornithopsis

Ornithopsis
Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous,
Lectotype vertebra NHMUK R 28632
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauriformes
Genus: Ornithopsis
Seeley, 1870
Species:
O. hulkei
Binomial name
Ornithopsis hulkei
Seeley, 1870
Synonyms
  • Bothriospondylus magnus
    Owen, 1875
  • Chondrosteosaurus magnus
    (Owen, 1875) Owen, 1876

Ornithopsis (meaning "bird-likeness") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur, from the Early Cretaceous of England and possibly Germany. The type species, which is the only species seen as valid today, is O. hulkei, which is only known from fragmentary remains.