Eocursor Butler et al. 2007 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: R. J. Butler, R. M. H. Smith, and D. B. Norman. 2007. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution and diversification of Ornithischia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274:2041-2046

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

See also Butler 2010, Butler et al. 2007, Han et al. 2012 and Madzia et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Agilisaurus, Cerapoda, Hexinlusaurus, Thyreophora

Subtaxa: Eocursor parvus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at farm Damplaats (55), Ladybrand (Jurassic of South Africa)

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