Tecovasaurus Hunt and Lucas 1994 (archosauromorph)

Reptilia - Diapsida

Full reference: A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1994. Ornithischian dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of the United States. In N. C. Fraser & H.-D. Sues (eds.), In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 227-241

Parent taxon: Archosauriformes according to R. B. Irmis et al. 2007

See also Godefroit and Cuny 1997, Heckert 2004, Heckert and Lucas 2006, Hunt and Lucas 1994, Irmis 2005, Murry and Long 1997 and Nesbitt et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Antarctanax, Barberenasuchus, Chasmatosuchus, Collilongus, Crosbysaurus, Crurotarsi, Cuyosuchus, Dyoplax, Erythrosuchia, Erythrosuchidae, Eucrocopoda, Euparkeriidae, Fugusuchus, Graoullyodon, Heteropelta, Incertovenator, Kalisuchus, Litorosuchus, Lucianosaurus, Marcianosuchus, Plateosaurus ornatus, Protecovasaurus, Proterosuchidae, Protopyknosia, Sarmatosuchus, Syntomiprosopus, Triopticus, Typothorax punctulatus, Uatchitodon, Vonhuenia, Wangisuchus, Wangisuchus tzeyii, Zanclodon

Subtaxa: Tecovasaurus murryi

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (3: Arizona, Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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