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  "credits_markdown": "## Lesothosaurus: Sources & credits\n\n_Scope: confirmed matches only._\n\n### Data\n- **Paleobiology Database** (https://paleobiodb.org): [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Data from the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org), licensed CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 4 October 2026, 5 October 2026, 10 October 2026, 11 October 2026.\n- **Natural History Museum Data Portal** (https://data.nhm.ac.uk): [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, Collection specimens dataset, https://doi.org/10.5519/0002965. Image licenses vary per record. Retrieved 10 October 2026. _Credited as a courtesy: this licence doesn't require attribution._\n- **Wikidata** (https://www.wikidata.org): [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Data from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0. Retrieved 10 October 2026. _Credited as a courtesy: this licence doesn't require attribution._\n\nAges for 12 specimen(s) were derived from their stage names using the ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart v2024/12 (International Commission on Stratigraphy), via the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).\n\n### Images (23)\n- “File:Lesothosaurus ER670.JPG” (Taxon image): Conty (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lesothosaurus_ER670.JPG). [Creative Commons Attribution 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).\n- “File:Lesothosaurus diagnosticus.png” (Taxon image): Jack Wood, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lesothosaurus_diagnosticus.png). [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Shown unmodified (share-alike licence).\n- “File:Lesothosaurus.JPG” (Taxon image): Esv (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lesothosaurus.JPG). [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Shown unmodified (share-alike licence).\n- “Kermack's RUB 17 field notes” (specimen PV RUB 17): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/df8c8610-a638-42bd-a352-1f47d99873fe). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “Kermack's RUB 23 locality” (specimen PV RUB 23): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/313b758b-f359-4c19-a35d-61f196363985). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHM-UK_P_DF118_03_24_0539” (specimen PV R 11004): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/c14d934b-938b-492c-ae4a-2c1286cdbc07). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHM-UK_P_DF118_03_24_0667” (specimen PV R 11956): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/350235df-b783-4adb-a9aa-60ac1ee56f87). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHM-UK_P_DF118_03_24_0207” (specimen PV R 8501): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/192d92b3-ac04-4fd1-9e97-0933d65de95c). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “Evans Jaw Lesotho site A1” (specimen PV R 39020): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/414fd5c9-d55c-4dc1-9e1a-8baea315a42e). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “Lesothosaurus Evans 2024-938 PV return” (specimen PV R 39020): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/a9a760c6-74d1-412a-9b01-e0d97c1621a4). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHMUK PV R 39020 - remnants in resin” (specimen PV R 39020): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/df859adf-b712-41fe-95bd-0db64246426f). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHMUK PV R 39020 $1” (specimen PV R 39020 $1): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/2a346c6f-6c53-45ab-a540-5d609598f868). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHMUK PV R 39020 $2” (specimen PV R 39020 $2): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/412d2536-b5e0-40c6-9feb-548fdf446df6). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHMUK PV R 39020 $3” (specimen PV R 39020 $3): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/691ee2dd-5673-4405-bb4a-af3171a7c412). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHMUK PV R 39020 $4” (specimen PV R 39020 $4): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/6ef4aaf8-30d2-458d-8850-3b591d24f8f2). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHMUK PV R 39020 $5” (specimen PV R 39020 $5): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/f3248b80-4a3d-4d0d-b94e-7c53aefebeca). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHMUK PV R 39020 $6” (specimen PV R 39020 $6): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/a588d7a3-3f0c-4c1a-856c-627a48505495). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHMUK PV RUB 17 Lesothosaurus skull with scalebar” (specimen PV RUB 17): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/e42fee90-275c-488d-a9b5-3003aba66f41). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “NHMUK PV RUB 23 Lesothosaurus diagnosticus skull left lateral” (specimen PV RUB 23): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/c9b88d5e-902d-473b-bb1d-1ba768a6d431). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “R8501-Skull-R-Lat-dentition-1-PV-R8501” (specimen PV R 8501): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/ae6c5a86-7f02-4d9b-872e-98edf8a90047). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “R8501-Skull-R-Lat-dentition-2-PV-R8501” (specimen PV R 8501): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/3a06a4f7-82ef-46b5-b46a-2c2baf038256). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “R8501-Skull-R-lat-PV-R8501” (specimen PV R 8501): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/9af6eae5-0cc1-4949-bc31-193a88fb8452). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “R8501-Skull-close-up-R-Lat-PV-R8501” (specimen PV R 8501): The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; via NHM Data Portal (https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/c25be6f7-d1da-4bdb-adc1-c8087e566273). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n\n### Scientific references\n\n71 published reference(s) support this entry (via the Paleobiology Database).\n",
  "notice": "Omnisaura data combines sources under different licences. Every genus file lists its credits; anyone showing a value must show the credits for it. Images keep their own licences; share-alike images may only be shown unmodified.",
  "fossil_basis": "body",
  "identifiers": [
    {
      "scheme": "pbdb",
      "name": "Paleobiology Database",
      "id": "57573",
      "url": "https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57573"
    },
    {
      "scheme": "enwiki",
      "name": "Wikipedia (English)",
      "id": "Lesothosaurus",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesothosaurus"
    },
    {
      "scheme": "gbif",
      "name": "GBIF",
      "id": "4823090",
      "url": "https://www.gbif.org/species/4823090"
    },
    {
      "scheme": "wikidata",
      "name": "Wikidata",
      "id": "Q131088",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131088"
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  "other_names": {
    "species": [
      "Lesothosaurus diagnosticus"
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    "synonyms": []
  },
  "original_description": {
    "citation": "P. M. Galton (1978). Fabrosauridae, the basal family of ornithischian dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 52(1/2): 138–159.",
    "authors": "P. M. Galton",
    "year": 1978,
    "title": "Fabrosauridae, the basal family of ornithischian dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia)",
    "publication": "Paläontologische Zeitschrift",
    "volume": "52",
    "issue": "1/2",
    "pages": "138–159",
    "doi": "10.1007/bf03006735",
    "url": "https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03006735",
    "what": "The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.",
    "confidence": {
      "level": "medium",
      "reasons": [
        "Only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Galton 1978)."
      ]
    },
    "source": "pbdb",
    "source_name": "Paleobiology Database",
    "license_id": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "pbdb_reference_no": "12660"
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  "summary": "Omnisaura summary: Lesothosaurus, Galton 1978\n\n- Named by: Galton 1978 (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Order: Ornithischia (medium confidence: only NHM gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Parent group: Thyreophora (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Age, as published by the Paleobiology Database: Hettangian to Sinemurian, 201.4–192.9 million years ago (high confidence: PBDB and NHM agree).\n- Age, Omnisaura's own calculation (not a published figure): 201.4–192.9 million years ago (medium confidence: Omnisaura's calculation from 8 confirmed PBDB records).\n- Fossils found in: Lesotho (high: NHM and PBDB both record it); South Africa (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)).\n- Rock formations: Elliot Formation (high: NHM and PBDB both record it).\n- Original description: P. M. Galton (1978). Fabrosauridae, the basal family of ornithischian dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 52(1/2): 138–159. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03006735 (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Galton 1978)).\n- Diet, inferred by PBDB for the group: herbivore (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Way of life, inferred by PBDB for the group: ground dwelling (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n\nNot known or disputed:\n- Type species: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Family: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Common names: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Named after: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- 1 record(s) left out: pBDB fossil records identified only tentatively (for example 'cf.', '?', or the genus name in quotation marks, PBDB's mark for a loose use).\n\nNot covered by Omnisaura: size, weight, appearance, or behaviour beyond the way of life PBDB infers for the group. Do not fill these in from general knowledge as if they came from Omnisaura.\n\nCredits (must be shown with any of this): Natural History Museum Data Portal (CC0-1.0); Paleobiology Database (CC-BY-4.0); Wikidata (CC0-1.0)."
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