Sulcimentisauria

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Sulcimentisaurians
Temporal range: Middle TriassicLate Triassic, 242–203 Ma
Sacisaurus NT small.jpg
Life reconstruction of the sulcimentisaurian Sacisaurus agudoensis
Scientific classification e
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]

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References[]

  1. ^ 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.
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