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family · 1 represented species

Heterodontosauridae

Heterodontosauridae is a lineage of small-bodied ornithischians with differentiated teeth, including enlarged tusk-like caniniforms in several species.

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Heterodontosauridae

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Representative silhouette for Heterodontosauridae
1Direct child groups
1Countries represented
200.5–190.8 MaDataset range

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

genus

Heterodontosaurus

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Representative taxa

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Full-body side-view reconstruction of Heterodontosaurus tuckiArt by TotalDino · CC BY 4.0

Jurassic

Heterodontosaurus tucki

A small Early Jurassic ornithischian with a beak, grinding cheek teeth and prominent tusk-like caniniforms in the same jaws.

herbivore~1.5 m

Distribution

Geographic record

South Africa

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology