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Heterodontosauridae

Lanasaurus scalpridens LA-na-SOR-us

Generic small ornithischian body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lanasaurus 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic small ornithischian body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Lanasaurus
Length
1.2 m (3.9 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (201.4–192.9 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Heterodontosauridae

Lanasaurus is a heterodontosauridae known from the Jurassic period, of uncertain origin. Most of what’s published comes from a small number of specimens, and the fuller picture of how it lived is still being worked out.

What we know

  • Originally named by Gow 1975.