Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Heterodontosauridae
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Pegomastax Pegomastax africanus Sereno 2012
/pˈɛɡəmˌæstæks/
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
Eastern Cape
Formation
Elliot
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Pegomastax africanus 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 Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was named by Sereno 2012. 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 Pegomastax africanus sits in deep time
Pegomastax
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Pegomastax africanus'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.