Dinosauria › Ornithischia
Lesothosaurus
Lesothosaurus diagnosticus Galton 1978
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · 201.4–192.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Overview
Lesothosaurus diagnosticus is a dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–192.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Galton 1978. The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~21%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Lesothosaurus sits in deep time
Lesothosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Lesothosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.