Heterodontosaurus
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| Heterodontosaurus Temporal range: Lower Jurassic |
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| Heterodontosaurus tucki | |
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Fossil
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | Cerapoda |
| Infraorder: | Ornithopoda |
| Family: | Heterodontosauridae |
| Genus: | Heterodontosaurus |
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| Heterodontosaurus tucki |
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Heterodontosaurus (meaning "different toothed lizard") is a genus of small herbivorous dinosaur with prominent canine teeth which lived in the Lower Jurassic of South Africa. It was related to Abrictosaurus. It had 3 different kinds of teeth.
