Ornithischian dinosaurs

Hypsilophodontid

Othnielia painting

 Othnielia

Named after Othniel Charles Marsh, a paleontologist of the nineteenth century, Othnielia was a small 2.5-5ft long hypsilophodontid herbivore of the Late Jurassic period. Its remains have been excavated in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, USA. This dinosaur had a small head, big eyes, a beak-like jaw, teeth enameled on both sides, short arms ending in five fingered hands, long legs and a long tail


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