Genus
Valid Extinct

Eocursor

Butler et al. 2007

Eocursor is genus of basal ornithischian dinosaur that lived in what is now South Africa during the Early Jurassic. Remains of this animal have been found in the Upper Elliot Formation and it is among the most completely known early ornithischians, shedding new light on the origin of the group.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Eocursor
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Skeletal reconstruction of Eocursor parvus, a prionodontian neornithischian (after Butler et al., 2010). © D. B. Norman, M. G. Baron, M. S. Garcia & R. T. Müller · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Eocursor Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
1
Geological formations
Elliot
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Eocursor parvus 201 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. J. Butler, R. M. H. Smith, and D. B. Norman. 2007. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution and diversification of Ornithischia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274:2041-2046 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. J. Butler, R. M. H. Smith, and D. B. Norman. 2007. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution and diversification of Ornithischia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274:2041-2046 DOI ↗