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Skeletal and reconstruction from Martz & Small (2019). Known bone elements indicated in lighter colors. File accessed via Wikimedia Commons

Skeletal and reconstruction from Martz & Small (2019). Known bone elements indicated in lighter colors. File accessed via Wikimedia Commons

#Kwanasaurus (Martz & Small, 2019) was native to North America ~210my ago. It belongs to the silesaurids - a clade that is increasingly interpreted as a step in the evolution of the ornithischian dinosaurs. Its leaf-shaped teeth indicate it was already well on its way to herbivory.

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