OrnithischiaSAM-PK-K8025

Eocursor parvus

Eocursor parvus skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, reconstructed length ~1 m.
Scale bar = 10 centimeters
Taxon
Eocursor parvus Butler, Smith & Norman, 2007
Specimen
SAM-PK-K8025
Reconstructed length
~1 m (3.5 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2006, revised 2013
Clade
  1. Ornithischia

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A small, early ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, about a meter (3 feet) long. A lightly built, bipedal plant-eater with grasping hands, it is one of the more complete early members of the ornithischian lineage.

The evidence

What the specimen actually preserves

Eocursor parvus — known skeletal material (SAM-PK-K8025), left lateral view; preserved elements in white against a black body silhouette.
Known material of SAM-PK-K8025: elements preserved in the specimen are shown in white; unpreserved regions are left as black silhouette. Drawn 2006, revised 2013

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