- Caseosaurus
Taxobox
name = "Caseosaurus"
fossil_range =Late Triassic
image_width = 200px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo =Dinosauria
ordo =Saurischia
subordo = ?Theropoda
infraordo = ?Herrerasaur ia
familia = ?Herrerasaur idae
genus = "Caseosaurus"
species = "C. crosbyensis"
binomial = "Caseosaurus crosbyensis"
binomial_authority = Hunt, Lucas, Heckert, Sullivan and Lockley,1998 Caseosaurus is a
genus ofdinosaur from the LateTriassic ofNorth America . It is named afterE.C. Case . Thetype species , "Caseosaurus crosbyensis", was formally described by Hunt, Lucas, Heckert, Sullivan and Lockley in 1998. It was found in theDockum Formation ofTexas , in strata dating to the LateTriassic . 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")
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