Family
Valid Extinct

Fabrosauridae

Galton 1972

Ornithischia is an extinct clade of mainly herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by a pelvic structure superficially similar to that of birds. The name Ornithischia, or "bird-hipped", reflects this similarity and is derived from the Greek stem ornith- (ὀρνιθ-), meaning "bird", and ischion (ἴσχιον), meaning "hip". However, as birds are theropod dinosaurs, they are only distantly related to this group.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
16
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Fabrosauridae
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Fabrosauridae Family
Fossil sites 16 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
6
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5
🇺🇸 United States
2
🇿🇦 South Africa
2
🇱🇸 Lesotho
1
Geological formations
Shishugou
4
Elliot
3
Forest Marble
3
Shaximiao
2
Chinle
1
Chipping Norton Limestone
1
Sharp's Hill
1
Morrison
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
4
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
2
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
5
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
3
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. M. Galton. 1972. Classification and evolution of ornithopod dinosaurs. Nature 239:464-466 DOI ↗
Bibliography (8)
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Z. Dong. 1989. On a small ornithopod (Gongbusaurus wucaiwanensis sp. nov.) from Kelamaili, Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 27(2):140-146
A. B. Busbey III and C. E. Gow. 1984. A new protosuchian crocodile from the Upper Triassic Elliot Formation of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 25:127-149
A. P. Santa Luca. 1984. Postcranial remains of Fabrosauridae (Reptilia: Ornithischia) from the Stormberg of southern Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 25:151-180
Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1983. New ornithopod genus from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, China . Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(2):168-171
Z. Dong, S. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 1983. [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136
D. R. Prothero. 1981. New Jurassic mammals from Como Bluff, Wyoming, and the interrelationships of non-tribosphenic Theria. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 167(5):277-326
L. L. Jacobs and P. A. Murry. 1980. The vertebrate community of the Triassic Chinle Formation near St. Johns, Arizona. Aspects of Vertebrate History: Essays in Honor of Edwin Harris Colbert