Topic
Lesothosaurus
About: Lesothosaurus is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 17 publications have been published within this topic receiving 853 citations. The topic is also known as: possibly Fabrosaurus.
Papers
TL;DR: Stormbergia dangershoeki is significantly larger than previously described Elliot Formation ornithischians, and can be recognized on the basis of a unique combination of characters, the most important of which is the possession of a distinctive tab-shaped obturator process on the ischium.
120 citations
TL;DR: Two genera are recognized from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary of Lesotho with good material previously referred to Fabrosaurus as a new genus that represents the most conservative ornithopod described to date.
Abstract: In fabrosaurids the upper jaw is flat and the lower jaw is slender so the ’cheek’ teeth are marginal and not inset as is the case in all other ornithischian dinosaurs. The ’cheek’ teeth of fabrosaurids have anteroposteriorly expanded crowns but lack wear surfaces formed by tooth to tooth contact. Two genera are recognized from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary of Lesotho with good material previously referred toFabrosaurus as a new genus that represents the most conservative ornithopod described to date. The anatomy ofNanosaurus (Upper Jurassic, U.S.A.) andEchinodon (Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, England) is redescribed; in both genera the tooth bearing bone of the lower jaw is deepened posteriorly and inEchinodon there is a true canine tooth in the upper jaw.
91 citations
TL;DR: Eocursor may represent the sister taxon to Genasauria, the clade that includes most of ornithischian diversity, although this phylogenetic position is partially dependent upon the uncertain phylogenetically position of the enigmatic and controversial clade Heterodontosauridae.
81 citations
Journal Article•
71 citations
TL;DR: The case for the existence of a non-heterodontosaurid ornithischian distinct from Lesothosaurus diagnosticus in the upper Elliot Formation of southern Africa is not conclusive and it is suggested that this species and Stormbergia dangershoeki may actually represent ontogenetic stages of one taxon that reached maturity in approximately four years.
59 citations
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| 2015 | 1 |
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