Tecovasaurus

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Tecovasaurus
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
(unranked) Archosauriformes
Genus: Tecovasaurus
Hunt & Lucas, 1994
Species

T. murryi Hunt and Lucas, 1994

Tecovasaurus (te-KOH-va-SAWR-us) was an archosauriform genus of unknown affinities (Irmis et al. (2006), initially described as a basal ornithischian dinosaur, and known only from teeth. It is named after the Tecovas Formation, in Texas and Arizona, which yielded the holotype remains.

[edit] References

  • Irmis, R.B., Parker, W.G., Nesbitt, S.J., and Liu, J. (2006). Early ornithischian dinosaurs: the Triassic record. Historical Biology, iFirst article, 1-20. DOI: 10.1080/08912960600719988. (will alter after print publication)
  • http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/dinosauromorpha.htm

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