Named By: | R. J. Butler in 2005 |
Time Period: | Early Jurassic, 199-189 Ma |
Location: | South Africa - Upper Elliot Formation |
Size: | Uncertain due to lack of post cranial remains |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial skull material |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Genasauria | Lesothosauridae | |
Lesothosaurus was a type of omnivorous ornithischian dinosaur. It was named by paleontologist Peter Galton in 1978, the name meaning "lizard from Lesotho". The genus has only one valid species, Lesothosaurus diagnosticus.