Tecovasaurus

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iTecovasaurus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Genus: Tecovasaurus
Hunt & Lucas, 1994
Species

T. murryi Galton, 1978

Tecovasaurus (te-KOH-va-SAWR-us) was a genus of dinosaur named after the Tecovas Formation, in Texas and Arizona, which yielded the holotype species. Tecovasaurus is based on teeth. It was a basal Ornithischian from the Late Triassic. It was described by Hunt & Lucas in 1994. The type species is T. murryi.

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