Heterodontosaurus

Pronunciation:
HET-er-oh-DON’T-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'different-teeth lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
small ornithischian
Length:
1.2m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Jurassic, 205 million years ago
Found in:
Lesotho,
South Africa

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Heterodontosauridae
Named by:
Crompton and Charig (1962)
Type species:
tucki

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