Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Silhouette of Eocursor parvus

Eocursor Eocursor parvus Butler et al. 2007

/ˈiːəkˌɜːsɚ/ estimated
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
South Africa
Region
Free State
Formation
Elliot
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in South Africa. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Eocursor parvus is a dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–192.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Free State, South Africa. It was named by Butler et al. 2007. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Eocursor parvus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Eocursor
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Eocursor parvus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Megapnosaurus
Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis
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predator–prey
Dracovenator
Dracovenator regenti
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predator–prey
Trisauropodiscus
Trisauropodiscus superavipes
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coexisted–with
Sinosaurus
Sinosaurus triassicus
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coexisted–with
Lufengosaurus
Lufengosaurus huenei
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coexisted–with
Yunnanosaurus
Yunnanosaurus huangi
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coexisted–with
Yunnanosaurus
Yunnanosaurus robustus
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same–clade
Pegomastax
Pegomastax africanus
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