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: Saphornithischia according to A. O. Fonseca et al. 2024

See also Butler 2010, Butler et al. 2007, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Han et al. 2012 and Madzia et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Prionodontia

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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