Crosbysaurus
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| Crosbysaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Clade: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Crosbysaurus Heckert, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| †Crosbysaurus harrisae Heckert, 2004 | |
Crosbysaurus is an extinct genus of archosauriform 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.
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 19(1):3-22. doi:10.1080/08912960600719988. (will alter after print publication)
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