Laquintasaura Barrett et al. 2014 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: P. M. Barrett, R. J. Butler, R. Mundil, T. M. Scheyer, R. B. Irmis and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2014. A palaeoequatorial ornithischian and new constraints on early dinosaur diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281:20141147:1-6

Parent taxon: Ornithischia according to P.-E. Dieudonné et al. 2020

See also Barrett et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Alocodon, Amtosaurus, Apulosauripus, Armatosauria, Cairanoolithidae, Chilesaurus, Delatorrichnopodidae, Delatorrichnus, Enoplosauria, Fabrosauridae, Fabrosaurus, Ferganocephale, Genasauria, Gregaripus, Gyrotrisauropus, Heterodontosauridae, Heterodontosauriformes, Komlosaurus, Krzyzanowskisaurus, Lesothosauria, Lesothosaurus, Ligabueichnium, Minisauripus, Neornithischia, Pisanosaurus, Predentata, Tacuarembovum, Trimucrodon, Poposauria, Stegosauroidae

Subtaxa: Laquintasaura venezuelae

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Rio La Grita (Jurassic of Venezuela)

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