Heterodontosaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Jurassic period and inhabited Africa and North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Eastern Cape (South Africa), Nuevo León (Mexico) and Free State (South Africa).
Quick facts about Heterodontosaurus:
- Existed from 228 million years ago to Pliensbachian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- Had a body mass of approximately 1.8 kg
- 6 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Heterodontosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. P. Santa Luca, A. W. Crompton, and A. J. Charig. 1976. A complete skeleton of the Late Triassic ornithischian Heterodontosaurus tucki. Nature 264(5574):324-328
- A. W. Crompton and A. J. Charig. 1962. A new ornithischian from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Nature 196:1074-1077
- J. W. Kitching and M. A. Raath. 1984. Fossils from the Elliot and Clarens Formations (Karoo Sequence) of the northeastern Cape, Orange Free State and Lesotho, and a suggested biozonation based on tetrapods. Palaeontologia Africana 25:111-125
