R: Tiny Dinosaurs

["Alessandro Marisa" <amaris@tin.it>]

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From: <Dinochandler@aol.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Tiny Dinosaurs

> In a message dated 1/29/00 9:20:58 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> bruceshillinglaw@netzero.net writes:
>>Does anyone on the list have any info on VERY small, adult dinosaurs? So
>> far, the smallest herbivore I have been able to locate seems to be
>> *Lesothosaurus* - does anyone have an estimate of how much it weighed?
>>Were
>> there any herbivores that were even smaller?
> What about _Echinodon_?  Is that still a valid genus?

Yes Echinodon is a valid genus, for a long time is classified within the
Genasaura as a basal member but there are some evidence that suggest an
Heterodontosauridae affinities for these taxa.

By
Marisa Alessandro
"Volounteer of Paleontological Museum of Monfalcone"
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