Technosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Technosaurus (meaning "Tech lizard", for Texas Tech University) is an extinct genus of Late Triassic silesaurid dinosauriform, from the Late Triassic Cooper Canyon Formation (Dockum Group) of Texas, United States.
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Technosaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dracohors |
Family: | †Silesauridae |
Clade: | †Sulcimentisauria |
Genus: | †Technosaurus Chatterjee, 1984 |
Type species | |
†Technosaurus smalli Chatterjee, 1984 |
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For about 20 years after its description, it was thought to be a basal ornithischian dinosaur, but better remains of other Triassic archosaurs have cast doubt on this interpretation. As named, it was a chimera of different animals.