AfricaDinosauriaEarly JurassicGenasauriaNeornithischiaOrnithischia
Lesothosaurus diagnosticus
Dinosaur: Lesothosaurus diagnosticus
| Length*: | 2.5 m | 8.2 ft |
| Weight*: | 40 kg | 88 lb |
ESR: 4 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Galton
Year: 1978
Area: Africa
Country: Lesotho,
South Africa
Region: Mafeteng, Quthing, Free State,
Eastern Cape
Formation: Upper Elliot
Classification
Other
Material: At least over a dozen individuals (skeletons and skulls).
References: Baron, M. G., Norman, D. B., & Barrett, P. M. (2016). Postcranial anatomy of Lesothosaurus diagnosticus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Jurassic of southern Africa: implications for basal ornithischian taxonomy and systematics.
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