New specimens of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus Galton, 1978 from the Early Jurassic of South Africa
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23/03/2016Submitted date
2016-04-05Subject Terms
Ornithischia; Free State; upper Elliot Formation; ontogeny; sociality
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We describe new specimens of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus Galton, 1978 collected from a bonebed in the Fouriesburg district of the Free State, South Africa. The material was collected from the upper Elliot Formation (Early Jurassic) and represents the remains of at least three individuals. These individuals are larger in body size than those already known in museum collections and offer additional information on cranial ontogeny in the taxon. Moreover, they are similar in size to the sympatric taxon Stormbergia dangershoeki. The discovery of three individuals at this locality might imply group-living behaviour in this early ornithischian.Citation
Barrett, Paul M. and Butler, Richard J. and Yates, Adam M. and Baron, Matthew G. and Choiniere, Jonah N. (2016) New specimens of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus Galton, 1978 from the Early Jurassic of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana, 50. ISSN 2410-4418 DOI http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19886Journal
Palaeontologia AfricanaAdditional Links
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