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WE describe here ornithopod dinosaur remains from the Lower Cretaceous of western North America, which can be referred to the European genera Hypsilophodon and Iguanodon. The occurrence of these remains indicate that a land connection existed between Europe and North America at the end of the Jurassic.
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GALTON, P., JENSEN, J. Hypsilophodon and Iguanodon from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. Nature 257, 668–669 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257668a0
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