Dinosaurs · Small ornithischian
Lesothosaurus
Say it Le-SO-toe-sore-us. The name means ‘Lesotho lizard’.
- Length
- 1 m
- Weight
- 10 kg
- Diet
- Plant-eaterplant material
- Walked
- On 2 legs
- When
- Early Jurassic213 to 200 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- Lesotho
- Named by
- Galton (1978)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Ornithischia
Small ornithischians. Small early bird-hipped plant-eaters. See all 7
Lived at the same time
- Massospondylus · same country
- Heterodontosaurus · same country
- Coelophysis
- Scelidosaurus
- Thecodontosaurus
- Jingshanosaurus
- Kotasaurus
- Lycorhinus
Other small ornithischians
- Heterodontosaurus Early Jurassic
- Lycorhinus Late Triassic
- Agilisaurus Late Jurassic
- Othnielia Late Jurassic
- Enigmacursor Late Jurassic
- Hypsilophodon Early Cretaceous
Source: Lesothosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.