Pisanosaurus

“Pisano’s lizard”

CLASSIFICATION

Pisanosaurus  Casamiquela, 1967TYPE SPECIES: P. merti Casamiquela, 1967

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha

see also: Genus Index, Classification

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MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 1 m

see also: World Records

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TIME

Carnian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

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PLACE

Argentina

see also: Paleo-Maps

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REMAINS

• fragmentary skeleton

see also: Anatomy

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ESSAY

The earliest well-known ornithischian. Once classified as a heterodontosaurid.

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