Reptilia - Ornithischia - Heterodontosauridae
Full reference: R. J. Butler, P. M. Galton, L. B. Porro, L. M. Chiappe, D. M. Henderson and G. M. Erickson. 2010. A new Upper Jurassic heterodontosaurid from North America: lower limits of ornithischian dinosaur body size inferred from North America. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277:375-381
Parent taxon: Heterodontosaurinae according to P.-E. Dieudonné et al. 2020
See also Butler et al. 2010, Carpenter and Galton 2018, Foster et al. 2016, Han et al. 2012, Madzia et al. 2018, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2010 and Sereno 2012
Sister taxa: Abrictosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, Lycorhinus
Subtaxa: Fruitadens haagarorum
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (4: Colorado, Utah collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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