Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Heterodontosauridae
Heterodontosaurus Heterodontosaurus tucki (Crompton and Charig 1962)
/hˌɛɾɚɹˌoʊdɔntəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
South Africa
Regions
Eastern Cape · Free State
Formations
Elliot · Clarens
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Heterodontosaurus tucki 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. Fossils have been recovered from Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was named by (Crompton and Charig 1962). The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Heterodontosaurus tucki sits in deep time
Heterodontosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Heterodontosaurus tucki'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.