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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Heterodontosauridae
Family
Fossil sites 39 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
2
Berriasian
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
7
Tithonian
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
5
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Bathonian
(168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Toarcian
(184.2–174.7 Ma)
3
Pliensbachian
(192.9–184.2 Ma)
4
Sinemurian
(199.5–192.9 Ma)
15
Norian
(227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Synonyms (3)
Geranosaurus
nomen dubium Heterodontosauridae
Geranosaurus atavus
nomen dubium, species not entered Heterodontosauridae
Lycorhinidae
subjective synonym of Heterodontosauridae
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Bibliography
Original description
A. S. Romer. 1966. Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd edition
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