Caseosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Caseosaurus"
fossil_range = Late Triassic


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = ?Theropoda
infraordo = ?Herrerasauria
familia = ?Herrerasauridae
genus = "Caseosaurus"
species = "C. crosbyensis"
binomial = "Caseosaurus crosbyensis"
binomial_authority = Hunt, Lucas, Heckert, Sullivan and Lockley, 1998

Caseosaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Triassic of North America. It is named after E.C. Case. The type species, "Caseosaurus crosbyensis", was formally described by Hunt, Lucas, Heckert, Sullivan and Lockley in 1998. It was found in the Dockum Formation of Texas, in strata dating to the Late Triassic. It may, in fact, be the same dinosaur as "Chindesaurus", another early dinosaur from the same period and geological region. It has tentatively been classified as a relative of "Herrerasaurus".

References

Hunt, A.P., Lucas, S.G., Heckert, A.B., Sullivan, R.M., and Lockley, M.G. (1998). "Late Triassic dinosaurs from the western United States." "Geobios" 31(4):511-531.

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5caac98.htm "Caseosaurus"] in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia
* [http://users.tamuk.edu/kfjab02/dinos/vptexas.htm Texas Dinosaurs] from Texas A&M University
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/dinosauromorpha.htm Dinosauromorpha] (includes "Caseosaurus")