Fabrosauridae

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iFarbrosaurids Fossil range: Late Triassic-Jurassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Family: Fabrosauridae
Genera
Fabrosaurus

Farbrosaurids are a group of primitive ornithischian dinosaurs that descended from a Lesothosaurus-like animal. Most fabrosaurids were 1-2 meters, and were lightly-built and are also bipedal. Their skulls were triangular and had very large orbits. They were herbivorous and probably used agility to escape predators. They first appeared in the Late Triassic epoch. For some reason, the fabrosaurids seem to have petered out in the Late Jurassic times.