Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: S. Srivastava and S. J. Nesbitt. 2026. A new taxon of saurischian dinosaur from the Coelophysis Quarry of New Mexico, USA (Triassic: latest Norian or Rhaetian) highlights herrerasaurian diversity in the latest Triassic. Papers in Palaeontology 12(2):e70069

Parent taxon: Saurischia according to S. Srivastava and S. J. Nesbitt 2026

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, Tawa, Thecospondylus, Trihamus, Trimabus

Subtaxa: Ptychotherates

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

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

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