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Eocursor

The Eocursor holotype SAM-PK-K8025 has an elongated lower jaw with a low coronoid process and low, triangular tooth crowns in labial view; the poorly preserved front of the dentary does not establish whether a predentary was present. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.

Represented range210–201.3 Ma
Content packagedinosauria
PBDBtxn:104623

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morphology · high

The Eocursor holotype SAM-PK-K8025 has an elongated lower jaw with a low coronoid process and low, triangular tooth crowns in labial view; the poorly preserved front of the dentary does not establish whether a predentary was present.

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fossil-range · medium

Eocursor is represented by partial holotype SAM-PK-K8025 from the Lower Elliot Formation; its sampled horizon and analysis-dependent ornithischian placement do not establish a global clade first appearance or direct ancestry.

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References

  1. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution and diversification of OrnithischiaButler, R.J.; Smith, R.M.H.; Norman, D.B. · 2007 · DOI 10.1098/rspb.2007.0367
  2. Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
  3. The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
  4. Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933
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