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bird-hipped dinosaur
Abrictosaurus
Say it like this: “a-BRIK-to-SAWR-us”
Abrictosaurus consors
Abrictosaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in Lesotho.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 1975 · Hopson, J. A.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Weight
- 45 kg · 99 lb
- Found in
- Lesotho · Elliot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Heterodontosaurinae
The story in short
In 1975, J. A. Hopson published the name Abrictosaurus. The name means “wakeful lizard.”
It lived in the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from Lesotho, including the Elliot Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Abrictosaurus at a length near 1.2 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 45 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Heterodontosaurinae, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Heterodontosaurus
Heterodontosaurus tucki
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago
Lycorhinus
Lycorhinus angustidens
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Manidens
Manidens condorensis
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · roughly 184.2 to 174.7 million years ago