Species
Valid Extinct

Lesothosaurus diagnosticus

Galton 1978

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Lesothosaurus Genus
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Lesothosaurus diagnosticus Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇱🇸 Lesotho
3
🇿🇦 South Africa
3
Geological formations
Elliot
6
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
6
Synonyms (1)
Stormbergia dangershoeki subjective synonym of Lesothosaurus diagnosticus
Bibliography
Original description
P. M. Galton. 1978. Fabrosauridae, the basal family of ornithischian dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 52(1/2):138-159 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
B. M. Weiss, J. Botha, and J. N. Choiniere. 2022. Limb bone histology of theropod dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(2):e2145901:1-9 DOI ↗
R. J. Butler. 2005. The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145(2):175-218 DOI ↗
P. M. Galton. 1978. Fabrosauridae, the basal family of ornithischian dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 52(1/2):138-159 DOI ↗