Dinosaurs · Small ornithischian

Lycorhinus

Say it liek-oh-rien-us. The name means ‘wolf snout’.

Lycorhinus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of small ornithischians

Length: 1.2 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Late Triassic205 to 195 million years ago
Fossils found in: South Africa
Named by: Haughton (1924)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Neornithischia › Cerapoda › Heterodontosauridae

Where Lycorhinus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Small ornithischians. Small early bird-hipped plant-eaters. See all 7

Lived at the same time

Coelophysis · same country
Aardonyx · same country
Massospondylus · same country
Heterodontosaurus · same country
Jingshanosaurus
Kotasaurus
Scelidosaurus
Yunnanosaurus

Other small ornithischians

Heterodontosaurus Early Jurassic
Lesothosaurus Early Jurassic
Agilisaurus Late Jurassic
Othnielia Late Jurassic
Enigmacursor Late Jurassic
Hypsilophodon Early Cretaceous

Source: Lycorhinus 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.