Full reference: F. E. Novas, L. Salgado, M. Suárez, F. L. Agnolín, M. D. Ezcurra, N. R. Chimento, R. Cruz, M. P. Isasi, A. O. Vargas and D. Rubilar-Rogers. 2015. An enigmatic plant-eating theropod from the Late Jurassic period of Chile. Nature 522(7556):331-334
Parent taxon: Ornithischia according to P.-E. Dieudonné et al. 2020
See also Novas et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Alocodon, Amtosaurus, Apulosauripus, Armatosauria, Cairanoolithidae, Delatorrichnopodidae, Delatorrichnus, Enoplosauria, Fabrosauridae, Fabrosaurus, Ferganocephale, Genasauria, Gregaripus, Gyrotrisauropus, Heterodontosauridae, Heterodontosauriformes, Komlosaurus, Krzyzanowskisaurus, Laquintasaura, Lesothosauria, Lesothosaurus, Ligabueichnium, Minisauripus, Neornithischia, Pisanosaurus, Predentata, Tacuarembovum, Trimucrodon, Poposauria, Stegosauroidae
Subtaxa: Chilesaurus diegosuarezi
Type: Chilesaurus diegosuarezi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Aysén (Jurassic of Chile)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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