Effigia okeeffeae Nesbitt and Norell 2006 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Shuvosauridae

Full reference: S. J. Nesbitt and M. A. Norell. 2006. Extreme convergence in the body plans of an early suchian (Archosauria) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Theropoda). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B

Belongs to Effigia according to S. J. Nesbitt 2011

See also D'Orazi Porchetti et al. 2008 and Nesbitt and Norell 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 30587. Its type locality is Ghost Ranch Quarry, which is in a Rhaetian crevasse splay siltstone/conglomerate in the Chinle Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ghost Ranch Quarry

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