Full reference: S. J. Nesbitt, N. D. Smith, R. B. Irmis, A. H. Turner, A. Downs and M. A. Norell. 2009. A complete skeleton of a Late Triassic saurischian and the early evolution of dinosaurs. Science 326:1530-1533
Parent taxon: Saurischia according to R. T. Mùˆller and M. S. Garcia 2020
See also Martinez and Apaldetti 2017, Nesbitt et al. 2009 and Sues et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Alwalkeria, Anticheiropus, Argoides, Aristosuchia, Avalonianus, Chindesaurus, Coelurosaurichnus, Daemonosaurus, Deuterotetrapous, Eodromaeus, Eusaurischia, Herrerasauridae, Nhandumirim, Pachypodosauria, Pachypodosauroidea, Palaeopoda, Parachirotherium, Platypterna, Plesiornis, Saltopus, Saurichnium, Saurischichnus, Sauropodomorpha, Streptospondylus recentior, Thecospondylus, Theropoda, Trihamus, Trimabus
Subtaxa: Tawa hallae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (3: New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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