Reptilia - Ornithischia - Fabrosauridae
Full reference: P. M. Galton. 1972. Classification and evolution of ornithopod dinosaurs. Nature 239:464-466
Parent taxon: Ornithischia according to M. J. Benton 1990
See also Anderson and Cruickshank 1978, Battail 1986, Benton 1979, Bonaparte 1978, Buscalioni and Sanz 1987, Carroll 1988, Colbert 1981, Cooper 1985, Dong et al. 1983, Galton 1972, Galton 1974, Galton 1977, Galton 1983, Knoll 1999, Knoll 2002, Knoll 2005, Milner and Norman 1984, Norman 1984, Norman 1984, Olsen and Galton 1984, Peng 1992, Peng 1997, Russell 1984, Sereno 1991, Thuborn 1978, Thulborn 1974, Thulborn 1975, Thulborn 1977, Weishampel and Weishampel 1983 and Young 1982
Sister taxa: Alocodon, Amtosaurus, Apulosauripus, Archaeocursor, Armatosauria, Cairanoolithidae, Chilesaurus, Delatorrichnopodidae, Enoplosauria, Fabrosaurus, Ferganocephale, Gregaripus, Gyrotrisauropus, Heterodontosauriformes, Komlosaurus, Krzyzanowskisaurus, Lesothosauria, Ligabueichnium, Minisauripus, Neornithischia, Parapredentata, Predentata, Prismatoolithidae, Tacuarembovum, Trimucrodon, Poposauria, Stegosauroidae
Subtaxa: Eugongbusaurus Gongbusaurus Xiaosaurus
Type: Fabrosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (6 collections), Lesotho (1), South Africa (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Triassic of United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence