Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
The generic name is derived from Kocury village, where the material was collected, and the Greek term (plte) meaning the shield.
Full reference: Ł Czepiński, D. Dróżdż, T. Szczygielski, M. Tałanda, W. Pawlak, A. Lewczuk, A. Rytel and T. Sulej. 2021. An Upper Triassic terrestrial vertebrate assemblage from the forgotten Kocury Locality (Poland) with a new aetosaur taxon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e1898977)1-21
Parent taxon: Paratypothoracini according to Ł. Czepiński et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Paratypothorax, Rioarribasuchus, Tecovasuchus, Venkatasuchus
Subtaxa: Kocurypelta silvestris
Type: Kocurypelta silvestris
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution: found only at Kocury (Triassic of Poland)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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