Effigia Nesbitt and Norell 2006 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Shuvosauridae

Full reference: S. J. Nesbitt and M. A. Norell. 2006. Extreme convergence in the body plans of an early suchian (Archosauria) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Theropoda). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B

Parent taxon: Shuvosauridae according to S. J. Nesbitt 2011

See also Fiorelli and Calvo 2008 and Nesbitt and Norell 2006

Sister taxa: Shuvosaurus, Sillosuchus

Subtaxa: Effigia okeeffeae

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Type: Effigia okeeffeae

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ghost Ranch Quarry (Triassic of New Mexico)

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