Pegomastax
Field photograph to come
Pegomastax
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- Lived
- 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Heterodontosauridae
- Found in
- South Africa
- Named by
- Sereno 2012
Field notes
About Pegomastax
Pegomastax 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 1 find of Pegomastax, from South Africa. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Sereno in 2012.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
195 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Heterodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. C. Sereno. 2012. Taxonomy, morphology, masticatory function and phylogeny of heterodontosaurid dinosaurs. Zookeys 226:1-225