Asilisaurus Nesbitt et al. 2010 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Silesauridae

Full reference: S. J. Nesbitt, C. A. Sidor, R. B. Irmis, K. D. Angielczyk, R. M. H. Smith and L. A. Tsuji. 2010. Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira. Nature 464:95-98

Parent taxon: Silesauridae according to A. O. Fonseca et al. 2024

See also Griffin and Nesbitt 2016, Kammerer et al. 2012, Martínez et al. 2016, Martz and Small 2019, Müller and Garcia 2020, Nesbitt 2011, Nesbitt et al. 2020 and Nesbitt et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Amanasaurus, Gamatavus, Lewisuchinae, Lewisuchus, Soumyasaurus, Sulcimentisauria

Subtaxa: Asilisaurus kongwe

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Tanzania (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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