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'''''Ngwèrèegwùezeichè''''' (''Heterodontosaurus'') bụ̀ anụ òtù òkèagbụ̀rụ ǹkè ngwèrèegwù àdịngwèrèegwùezeichè ǹke biri nà [[ogèjura gboo]], bụrụ ogè garaàga ruru afọ̀ 200–190 ndè. Òkèùdì naanị kà ha mà, '''''ngwèrèegwùezeichè tucki''''', bụ̀ ǹke ha tụ̀rụ̀ ahà nà afọ̀ 1962 màkà nkonkoisi ya ha hụpụ̀tàrà nà [[Eluàlà Nledà]]. Ahà òkèagbụ̀rụ â pụ̀tàtà "ngwèrè eze ichè", nà nkwutere n'a pụichè, ezeichè dentition; the specific name honors G. C. Tuck, who supported the discoverers. Further specimens have since been found, including an almost complete skeleton in 1966.
Though it was a small dinosaur, Heterodontosaurus was one of the largest members of its family, reaching between 1.18 m (3.9 ft) and possibly 1.75 m (5.7 ft) in length, and weighing between 2 and 10 kg (4.4 and 22.0 lb). The body was short with a long tail. The five-fingered forelimbs were long and relatively robust, whereas the hind-limbs were long, slender, and had four toes. The skull was elongated, narrow, and triangular when viewed from the side. The front of the jaws were covered in a horny beak. It had three types of teeth; in the upper jaw, small, incisor-like teeth were followed by long, canine-like tusks. A gap divided the tusks from the chisel-like "
Ngwèrèegwùezeichè bụ̀ ònyereahà nà ahà n'e wu nà ikwu òkèagbụ̀rụ ịhẹàdịngwèrèegwùezeichè. Ikwu â kà h'e wèrè kà one of the most primitive or basal groups within the order of ornithischian dinosaurs. In spite of the large tusks, ngwèrèegwùezeichè is thought to have been herbivorous, or at least omnivorous. Though it was formerly thought to have been capable of quadrupedal locomotion, it is now thought to have been bipedal. Tooth replacement was sporadic and not continuous, unlike its relatives. At least four other heterodontosaurid genera are known from the same geological formations as ngwèrèegwùezeichè.
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