Lepidus praecisio Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015 (coelophysoid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Coelophysidae

Full reference: S. J. Nesbitt and M. D. Ezcurra. 2015. The early fossil record of dinosaurs in North America: A new neotheropod from the base of the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Texas. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(3):513-526

Belongs to Lepidus according to S. J. Nesbitt and M. D. Ezcurra 2015

See also Ezcurra 2017, Martinez and Apaldetti 2017, Martínez et al. 2016 and Müller and Garcia 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TMM 41936-1.3, a limb element (articulated distal ends of the left tibia and fibula and a left astragalocalcaneum). Its type locality is Dockum Site 7 General (TMM -41936), which is in a Norian terrestrial mudstone in Texas.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dockum Site 7 General (TMM -41936)

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