Talk:Hypsilophodon

Dinosaur song
Yes, I know this is a long shot, but what the hell...

In around 1996 I used to listen to BFBS radio in Germany regularly and for some strange reason they played a silly childrens' song every single day. Now, of course, I want to find it again. It began

''Dinosaurs loved lots to eat, that's why their tummies were big  (something something) and the longest necks to reach the highest twig''

and the chorus was

There was a (something something)saurus, (something something)saurus,

(something something)saurus, (something something)saurus,

(something something)saurus, (something something)saurus,

Hypsilophodon

There was a (something something)saurus, (something something)saurus,

(something something)saurus, (something something)saurus,

(something something)saurus, (something something)saurus,

and an Iguanodon.

Remember this? Anybody? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iago4096 (talk • contribs) 10:23, 16 August 2008 (UTC)


 * According to Google the lines were: "Herbivores liked lots to eat. That's why their tummies were big/ Stumpy legs and the longest necks to reach the highest twig/ Giant leaves and soggy weeds and different plants galore/ All plant-eating dinosaurs are known as herbivores!", the chorus being "There was a: Stegosaurus; Fabrosaurus; Scolosaurus, Ankylosaurus; Nodosaurus; Kentrosaurus; Hypsilophodon! There was a: Tsintosaurus; Brachiosaurus; Jaxartosaurus; Edmontosaurus; Apatosaurus; Uintasaurus, and an Iguanodon!", followed by: "Herbivores were gentle beasts and never wanted to fight/ Usually they ran away or just stayed out of sight/ If attacked they stand their ground and lash out with their tails/ Some have horns and bony plates and spikes as sharp as nails". Of course the theropods were not neglected: "All meat-eating dinosaurs, had sharp teeth and powerful jaws/ Faster legs and deadly claws, Ferocious beasts the carnivores! There was a: Gorgosaurus; Megalosaurus; Albertosaurus; Allosaurus; Ceratosaurus... Meet the carnivores! There was an: Oviraptor; Velociraptor; Coelophysis; Stenonychosaurus; Tyrannosaurus... Savage dinosaurs!". No idea who wrote or sang it.--MWAK (talk) 15:52, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Mantell-Bowerbank block
Is this it? http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/britfossils/html/txu-oclc-13370987-2-dinosauria-plate06.php FunkMonk (talk) 19:51, 4 January 2012 (UTC)


 * It is indeed :o). Thank you for uploading this!--MWAK (talk) 14:56, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Heh, I tried to compare it with this image in my head, but couldn't get it to match. But they're the same specimen I think. FunkMonk (talk) 08:36, 13 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, the Dinkel lithograph depicts it with a third piece added to the extreme right side.--MWAK (talk) 16:59, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

possible pronation
Were they able to pronate their hands?184.186.4.209 (talk) 17:15, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think there is evidence any dinosaurs could. FunkMonk (talk) 21:45, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I know that theropods, bipedal sauropodomorphs, bipedal ceratopsians (including those semi-quadrupedal like Leptoceratops) and heterodontosaurs can't pronate their hands, at least not fully (they do seem to be able to partially pronate, except abelisaurs who don't even have wrists), but I have a dinosaur-book that has a picture of a Hypsilophodon, along with pictures of other bipedal ornithopods, pachycephalosaurs and some early ornithischians where their hands are pronating, and nobody said anything about these dinosaurs being unable to pronate, so I don't know if I should believe them or not, but at least the book's pictures of theropods and sauropodomorphs have their hands in the correct-positions. The book is called "Dinosaurs: The Most Complete Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur-Lovers of All Ages".184.186.4.209 (talk) 22:34, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, it's a popular book targeted at younger readers I believe, it does not present new research, which is what we would need. Also, many of Luis Rey's drawing in that book are really old, I remember some of them even from the 90s or very early 2000s (including his Hypsilophodon and Pachycephalosaurus in extreme perspectives), so they are certainly not all up to date. And the book itself is from 2007, which is very long ago when we're talking dinosaur research. FunkMonk (talk) 19:09, 7 August 2019 (UTC)