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Lesothosaurus
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This dinosaur was small and agile and had 5 fingers on each 'hand', although these were probably not well adapted for grasping.
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- Pronounced
- Le-SO-toe-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- Lesotho lizard
- Length
- 1m
- Height
- 0.5m
- Weight
- 10kg
- Teeth
- small grinding teeth
- Diet
- herbivorous
- Food
- plant material
- How it moved
- on 2 legs
- When it lived
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Early Jurassic
(213 - 200 million years ago) - Found in
- Lesotho
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Lesothosaurus
- Named by
- Galton (1978)
- Type species
- diagnosticus