New specimens of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus Galton, 1978 from the Early Jurassic of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Paul M.
dc.contributor.authorButler, Richard J.
dc.contributor.authorYates, Adam M.
dc.contributor.authorBaron, Matthew G.
dc.contributor.authorChoiniere, Jonah N.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-02T11:12:48Z
dc.date.available2016-03-02T11:12:48Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.description.abstractWe describe new specimens of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus Galton, 1978 collected from a bone bed 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 different 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.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Royal Society The Natural History Museum, London NERC (NE/L501578/1) Friedel Sellschop Award Palaeontological Trust and its Scatterlings of Africa Programmesen_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2410-4418
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/19886
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectElliot Formationen_ZA
dc.subjectStormbergia dangershoekien_ZA
dc.subjectgroup-living behaviouren_ZA
dc.subjectherbivoreen_ZA
dc.subjectearly dinosaursen_ZA
dc.titleNew specimens of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus Galton, 1978 from the Early Jurassic of South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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