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Technosaurus smalli

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Technosaurus smalli was named by Chatterjee (1984). Its type specimen is TTU P9021, a partial skeleton (cranial elements and dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Miller's Ranch Quarry, which is in a Norian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Cooper Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Technosaurus smalli Chatterjee p. 631
1991Technosaurus smalli Sereno pp. 176-177
1994Technosaurus smalli Hunt and Lucas pp. 235-236
1997Technosaurus smalli Godefroit and Cuny p. 21
1997Technosaurus smalli Murry and Long p. 193
1997Technosaurus smalli Peng p. 237
1998Technosaurus smalli Heckert and Lucas p. 59
1998Technosaurus smalli Hunt et al. p. 521
2004Technosaurus smalli Norman et al. p. 326
2007Technosaurus smalli Irmis et al. p. 8
2007Technosaurus smalli Nesbitt et al. p. 230
2010Technosaurus smalli Langer et al. p. 59
2012Technosaurus smalli Kammerer et al. p. 277
2014Technosaurus smalli Marzola and Dalla Vecchia p. 13
2019Technosaurus smalli Martz and Small p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Sulcimentisauria
genusTechnosaurus
speciessmalli

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Technosaurus smalli Chatterjee 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Texas) Ornithischia indet. (type locality: 13273)