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
Belongs to Fruitadens according to K. Carpenter and P. M. Galton 2018
See also Becerra et al. 2016, Butler et al. 2010, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Foster et al. 2016, Han et al. 2012, Nesbitt et al. 2011, Sereno 2012 and Veiga et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LACM 115747, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is FPA General Site (LACM), which is in a Tithonian floodplain sandstone/siltstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (3: Colorado collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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