New skull of Lesothosaurus (Dinosauria: Omithischia) from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of southern Africa

被引：23
作者：
Knoll, F [1 ]
机构：
[1] Museum Natl Hist Nat, CNRS, UMR 8569, Lab Paleontol, F-75005 Paris, France
来源：
GEOBIOS | 2002年 / 35卷 / 05期
关键词：
Dinosauria; Ornithischia; fabrosauridae; Lesothosaurus; Elliot Formation; Lower Jurassic; southern Africa; cranial anatomy;
D O I：
10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00072-4
中图分类号：
Q91 [古生物学];
学科分类号：
0709 ; 070903 ;
摘要：
A new ornithischian skull from the Elliot Formation of southern Africa is described. The specimen is compared in detail with the fabrosaurid Lesothosaurus diagnosticus. It actually shares many characters with specimens of the syntypes of this species or specimens referred to it. It is nevertheless not identical to any of these specimens and it is, moreover, remarkably larger than them. The possibility of attributing this specimen to a so far undescribed 'large fabrosaur' from the same formation is discussed. It is concluded that the specimen in question in this paper, while being ascribable to the genus Lesothosaurus, cannot be determined to a specific level until the existence of two fabrosaurid species in the 'Stormberg Group' is demonstrated and their range of morphological and size variation is properly appraised. (C) 2002 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
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页码：595 / 603
页数：9
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