Describer

Cope, 1878

Time

Triassic Late Carnian

Classification

Ornithischia Lesothosauria

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

New Oxford Formation, Pennsylvania, US

Fall Under

Galtonia

Info

Typespecies

Galtonia (Huber, Lucas & Hunt, 1993) > Galtonia gibbidens (Cope, 1878) >> Thecodontosaurus gibbidens (Cope, 1878)

Premaxillary teeth. Primitive ornithischian named after P. Galton, noted for his study of ornithischian dinosaurs.