†unranked clade Silesauridae Langer et al. 2010 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Silesauridae

Full reference: M. C. Langer, M. D. Ezcurra, J. S. Bittencourt and F. E. Novas. 2010. The origin and early evolution of dinosaurs. Biological Reviews 85:55-110

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

See also Bittencourt and Langer 2011, Langer et al. 2010, Lovelace et al. 2025, Martz and Small 2019, Nesbitt 2011, Nesbitt et al. 2010 and Sarigul et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Pisanosaurus, Saphornithischia

Subtaxa: Amanasaurus Asilisaurus Gamatavus Lewisuchinae Lewisuchus Soumyasaurus Sulcimentisauria

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection)

• Triassic of Argentina (3), Brazil (3), Morocco (1), Poland (5), Tanzania (5), United States (18: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming), Zambia (1)

Total: 37 collections including 40 occurrences

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