Abrictosaurus

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Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄβρικτος (ábriktos, wakeful) +‎ -saurus, named by James Hopson in 1975 in opposition to a hypothesis that heterodontosaurids aestivated.

Proper noun

Abrictosaurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family †Heterodontosauridae – an ornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of South Africa and Lesotho.

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