Crosbysaurus

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Crosbysaurus Fossil range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Subclass: Diapsida Infraclass: Archosauromorpha (unranked) Archosauriformes Genus: Crosbysaurus Species: C. harrisae
Binomial name
Crosbysaurus harrisae Heckert, 2004

Crosbysaurus was an archosauriform genus of unknown affinities (Irmis et al. (2006), initially described as a basal ornithischian dinosaur, and known only from teeth. The type species is C. harrisae. It lived during the Late Triassic in what is now Texas.

[edit] References

• Heckert, A.B., 2004. Late Triassic microvertebrates from the lower Chinle Group (Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern U.S.A.. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 27: 1-170.
• 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)
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