Tecovasaurus

Taxobox
name = "Tecovasaurus"
fossil_range = Late Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
unranked_ordo = Archosauriformes
familia =
genus = "Tecovasaurus"
genus_authority = Hunt & Lucas, 1994
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"T. murryi" Hunt & Lucas, 1994 (type)

"Tecovasaurus" (te-KOH-va-SAWR-us) is an archosauriform genus of unknown affinities (Irmis "et al." (2007), 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.

References

* Irmis, R.B., Parker, W.G., Nesbitt, S.J., and Liu, J. (2007). Early ornithischian dinosaurs: the Triassic record. "Historical Biology" 19(1):3-22. DOI: 10.1080/08912960600719988.
* http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/dinosauromorpha.htm

External links

* [http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/dinot.htm Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide]