Lagerpeton

Taxobox
name = "Lagerpeton"
fossil_range = Middle Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
unranked_ordo = Ornithodira
genus = "Lagerpeton"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "L. canarensis" Taxobox_authority | author = Romer | date = 1971

"Lagerpeton" is the name given to a genus of basal dinosauromorph from the Ladinian (Middle Triassic). "Lagerpeton" is known from several specimens of hindlimbs, hips, vertebrae, and feet. It was about 0.7 metres (2 ft) long and was found in the Chañares Formation of Argentina. It has unique feet, with an unusually long fourth toe. The type species, "Lagerpeton chanarensis", was described by Romer in 1971.

External references

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a8c479.htm Lagerpeton at DinoRuss's Page]
* http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/dinosauromorpha.htm