Minisauripus Zhen et al. 1994 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: S. Zhen, J. Li, B. Zhang, W. Chen, and S. Zhu. 1994. Dinosaur and bird footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of Emei County, Sichuan, China. Memoirs of Beijing Natural History Museum 54:105-120

Parent taxon: Ornithischia according to S. Zhen et al. 1994

See also Li et al. 2011 and Lockley et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Alocodon, Amtosaurus, Apulosauripus, Archaeocursor, Armatosauria, Cairanoolithidae, Chilesaurus, Delatorrichnopodidae, Enoplosauria, Fabrosauridae, Fabrosaurus, Ferganocephale, Gregaripus, Gyrotrisauropus, Heterodontosauriformes, Komlosaurus, Krzyzanowskisaurus, Lesothosauria, Ligabueichnium, Neornithischia, Parapredentata, Predentata, Prismatoolithidae, Tacuarembovum, Trimucrodon, Poposauria, Stegosauroidae

Subtaxa: Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Minisauripus zhenshuonani

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (3 collections), South Korea (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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