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Lesothosaurus

Lesothosaurus is a monospecific genus of ornithischian dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa and Lesotho. It was named by paleontologist Peter Galton in 1978, the name meaning "lizard from Lesotho". The genus has only one valid species, Lesothosaurus diagnosticus. Lesothosaurus is one of the most completely-known early…

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Lesothosaurus

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related to Discovery and naming · 41
Lesothosaurus → Africa, British, Dangerhoek Farm, Due, Early Jurassic, Elliot Formation, Fabrosauridae, Fabrosaurus, Fossils, French, Galton, Ginsburg, Greek, Heterodontosaurus, In, Jean Fabre, Kingdom, Latin, Leonard Ginsburg, Lesotho
related to Paleoenvironment · 23
Lesothosaurus → Abrictosaurus, Africa, Both, Clarens Formation, Geranosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, Hettangian, Karoo Supergroup, Lower Elliot Formation, Lower Jurassic, Lycorhinus, Massospondylus, Megapnosaurus, Originally, Other, Pegomastax, Sinemurian, The, The Clarens Formation, The Upper Elliot Formation
related to Classification · 21
Lesothosaurus → Agilisaurus, Alternatively, Dinosauria, Echinodon, England, Fabrosauridae, Fabrosaurus, Galton, Hexinulsaurus, However, Late Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, Nanosaurus, Neornithischia, North America, Ornithischia, Paul Sereno, Peter Galton, Saurischia, The Butler
related to Skull and dentition · 15
Lesothosaurus → Characteristically, Heterodontosaurus, In, It, Late Triassic, Lepidosaurs, NHMUK PV RU B23, Ornithischians, Pisanosaurus, The, There, This, Triceratops, Two, Zalmoxes
related to Postcrania · 11
Lesothosaurus → Although, As, Heterodontosaurus, Hypsilophodon, NHMUK PV R11004, No, Ossified, Scelidosaurus, The, This, Y-shaped
related to Description · 8
Lesothosaurus → Analysis, Behind, Due, It, Its, Like, Studies, The
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Lesothosaurus → monospecific genus of ornithischian dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa and Lesotho

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skull ornithischians teeth large small upper preserved known formation dentary anterior lesotho long view basal fossils elliot tooth lateral two

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Lesothosaurusis amonospecific genus of ornithischian dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa and Lesotho0.90text
Nanosaurusinstance ofwhich included several other ornithischians0.80text
Lesothosaurusrelated to ClassificationPeter Galton0.60section
Lesothosaurusrelated to ClassificationFabrosauridae0.60section
Lesothosaurusrelated to ClassificationNanosaurus0.60section
Lesothosaurusrelated to ClassificationLate Jurassic0.60section
Lesothosaurusrelated to ClassificationNorth America0.60section
Lesothosaurusrelated to ClassificationEchinodon0.60section
Lesothosaurusrelated to ClassificationLower Cretaceous0.60section
Lesothosaurusrelated to ClassificationEngland0.60section
Lesothosaurusrelated to ClassificationFabrosaurus0.60section
Lesothosaurusrelated to ClassificationGalton0.60section

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