Lycorhinus
Field photograph to come
Lycorhinus
DV-0122 · type species Abrictosaurus consors
- Lived
- 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 1.2 m (4 ft)
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Heterodontosauridae
- Found in
- South Africa
- Named by
- Haughton 1924
Field notes
About Lycorhinus
Lycorhinus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 193 million years ago. It belongs to the family Heterodontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Lycorhinus, from South Africa. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Haughton in 1924.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
195 million years ago
To scale
How big was Lycorhinus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Heterodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497