Re-description of basal ornithischian dinosaurs
New work on ornithischian interrelationships suggests that heterodontosaurids are the basal-most members of this group, but this result remains controversial.
Re-description of key heterodontosaurid specimens in the Natural History Museum’s collections, including Abrictosaurus, is being carried out in order to test this idea.
Palaeontology Department staff involved in this project:
Collaborator:
Dr Richard Butler, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (BSPG), Munich