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bird-hipped dinosaur
Pegomastax
Say it like this: “peg-o-mas-tahks”
Pegomastax africana
Pegomastax 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
- 2012 · Sereno, P. C.
- Hip height
- 0.2 m · 1 ft
- Length
- 0.8 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 1 kg · 1 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 Pegomastax dates to 2012, the year P. C. Sereno described it. The name means “strong jaw.”
It lived in 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 Pegomastax at a length near 0.8 m, hips about 0.2 m high, and a body mass around 1 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
Lycorhinus
Lycorhinus angustidens
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago