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bird-hipped dinosaur
Lycorhinus
Say it like this: “LIEK-o-RIEN-us”
Lycorhinus angustidens
Lycorhinus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in South Africa.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 1924 · Haughton, S. H.
- Hip height
- 0.3 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Weight
- 2 kg · 4 lb
- Found in
- South Africa · Elliot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Heterodontosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Lycorhinus dates to 1924, the year S. H. Haughton described it. The name means “wolf nose.”
Fossils referred to Lycorhinus date to the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from South Africa, including the Elliot Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Lycorhinus at a length near 1.2 m, hips about 0.3 m high, and a body mass around 2 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Heterodontosaurinae, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abrictosaurus
Abrictosaurus consors
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Heterodontosaurus
Heterodontosaurus tucki
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago
Manidens
Manidens condorensis
Early Jurassic (Toarcian) · roughly 184.2 to 174.7 million years ago