Sulcimentisauria
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Sulcimentisaurians Temporal range: Middle Triassic—Late Triassic,
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Life reconstruction of the sulcimentisaurian Sacisaurus agudoensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Family: | †Silesauridae |
Clade: | †Sulcimentisauria Martz and Small, 2019[1] |
Genera | |
Sulcimentisauria is a clade of derived silesaurid dinosauriforms. Sulcimentisaurian fossils have been found in North and South America, Europe, and Africa. It was defined as "the most inclusive clade that includes Silesaurus opolensis but not Asilisaurus kongwe". [1]
Etymology[]
References[]
- ^ a b Martz, J. W.; Small, B. J. (2019). "Non-dinosaurian dinosauromorphs from the Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic) of the Eagle Basin, northern Colorado: Dromomeron romeri (Lagerpetidae) and a new taxon, Kwanasaurus williamparkeri (Silesauridae)". PeerJ. 7: e7551. doi:10.7717/peerj.7551. PMC 6730537. PMID 31534843.
Categories:
- Prehistoric archosaur stubs
- Silesaurids
- Triassic archosaurs