Galtonia (archosaur)

Taxobox|
name = "Galtonia"
fossil_range = Late Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
superclassis = Tetrapoda
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
unranked_ordo = Archosauria
unranked_familia = Crurotarsi
genus = "Galtonia"
genus_authority = Hunt & Lucas, 1994
species = "G. gibbidens"
binomial = "Galtonia gibbidens"
binomial_authority = Hunt & Lucas, 1994

"Galtonia" is the name given to a genus of pseudosuchian from the Late Triassic. Its fossils were found in Pennsylvania and were originally described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1878.

The type species, "Galtonia gibbidens", was originally classified as "Thecodontosaurus gibbidens", but was moved to a new genus by Hunt and Lucas in 1994. There is also a genus of flower with the name "Galtonia", causing further confusion.

"Galtonia" had been classified as a ornithischian, but, like "Revueltosaurus", is actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur (Irmis "et al.", 2006, who assign it to "Revueltosaurus" sp.).

References

* 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)
* http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/dinosauromorpha.htm