Dinosaur
Pegomastax
Pegomastax’s teeth might fool us at first glance: some look like little tusks.
Pegomastax’s teeth might fool us at first glance: some look like little tusks. Its small head had a beak and teeth of different shapes, including large tusk-like ones. The teeth farther back in its mouth are important evidence for a mainly plant-based diet.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Pegomastax at a glance
- Diet
- Probably herbivorous
- Its fossils and relatives suggest a plant-based diet.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Heterodontosauridae
- Heterodontosaurids
- Fossil locations
- South Africa
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Pegomastax
Pegomastax lived during the Early Jurassic. Its fossils and relatives suggest a plant-based diet.
Its partial skull comes from South Africa and dates to the Early Jurassic. Without a complete body, illustrations use comparisons with other heterodontosaurids to reconstruct the missing parts.
A large tusk does not automatically make an animal a meat eater. Diet is interpreted from the whole set of teeth and family relationships. Teeth can also serve in defense or interactions between individuals, not just in processing food.
A large tusk does not automatically make an animal a meat eater. Diet is interpreted from the whole set of teeth and family relationships. Teeth can also serve in defense or interactions between individuals, not just in processing food.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
A large tusk does not automatically make an animal a meat eater. Diet is interpreted from the whole set of teeth and family relationships. Teeth can also serve in defense or interactions between individuals, not just in processing food.
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