Stormbergia
Stormbergia was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 200 million years ago. It walked on two legs and was one of the biggest early ornithischians known from its time.14
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Stormbergia is known from three partial skeletons, which include many bones from the back half of the body.1
It was significantly larger than other ornithischian dinosaurs from the same rock formation, like Lesothosaurus.1
Scientists can tell Stormbergia apart from its relatives by a special tab-shaped part on its hip bone called the obturator process.1
Stormbergia lived during the Early Jurassic, about 201 to 191 million years ago.2
The Upper Elliot Formation in South Africa and Lesotho has the most diverse group of early Jurassic ornithischian dinosaurs in the world.1
Most asked questions about Stormbergia
?How big was Stormbergia?
About 2 metres (6.6 ft) long. It was one of the largest early ornithischian dinosaurs from its time.13
?What did Stormbergia eat?
It was a plant-eater, using a beak to slice up plants. It may have also eaten small animals when soft plants were scarce.3
?Could Stormbergia run fast?
Yes, it was a fast runner. Its long slender legs and tail helped it move quickly.3
?Is Stormbergia a dinosaur?
Yes, it is a plant-eating ornithischian dinosaur that lived about 200 million years ago.1
?Was Stormbergia bigger than Lesothosaurus?
Yes, Stormbergia was larger than Lesothosaurus, which was about 1 metre long.13
?When did Stormbergia live?
It lived during the Early Jurassic, about 201 to 191 million years ago.1
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- Scientific name
- Stormbergia
- Named by
- Butler 20054
- Group
- Beaked plant-eaters
- Family / clade
- Neornithischia4
- Classification
- Ornithischia4
- Age of the rocks
- 201 to 193 million years (Hettangian / Sinemurian)4
- Rock formations
- Elliot4
- Countries
- South Africa4
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database4
- Discovery
- Stormbergia was named by Richard J. Butler in 2005, based on three partial skeletons found in the Upper Elliot Formation of South Africa.14
- Still debated
- Scientists debate exactly where Stormbergia fits in the dinosaur family tree. Some place it in Neornithischia, while others have suggested it belongs to Hypsilophodontidae.2
Where the facts come from
- ‘fabrosaurid’ ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | Oxford Academic (academic.oup.com)
- Stormbergia ✝ (mindat.org)
- Lesothosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Stormbergia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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