- Type of dinosaur:
- small ornithischian
- Length:
- 1.0m
- Weight:
- 10kg
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- Teeth:
- small grinding teeth
- Food:
- plant material
- How it moved:
- on 2 legs
- When it lived:
- Early Jurassic, 213-200 million years ago
- Found in:
- Lesotho
This dinosaur was small and agile and had 5 fingers on each 'hand', although these were probably not well adapted for grasping.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia
- Named by:
- Galton (1978)
- Type species:
- diagnosticus
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