Lesothosaurus Galton 1978 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: P. M. Galton. 1978. Fabrosauridae, the basal family of ornithischian dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 52(1/2):138-159

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

See also Barrett 2001, Battail 1986, Benton 1990, Buchholz 2002, Butler 2005, Butler et al. 2007, Butler et al. 2008, Colbert 1981, Currie and Padian 1997, Galton 1978, Galton 1983, Gand et al. 2007, Han et al. 2012, Herne et al. 2019, Hunt and Lucas 1994, Knoll 1999, Knoll 2002, Knoll 2005, Knoll and Battail 2001, Madzia et al. 2018, Maryanska and Osmólska 1985, Milner and Norman 1984, Norman 1984, Norman et al. 2004, Olsen and Galton 1984, Peng 1997, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2006, Rauhut 2003, Sereno 1991, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1999, Weishampel 2004, Weishampel 2006 and Weishampel and Weishampel 1983

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

Subtaxa: Lesothosaurus diagnosticus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Lesotho (6 collections), South Africa (2)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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