Chindesaurus
Sign in to saveChindesaurus ( ) is an extinct genus of basal saurischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic (213-210 million years ago) of the southwestern United States. It is known from a single species, C. bryansmalli, based on a partial skeleton recovered from Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The original specimen was nicknamed "Gertie", and generated much publicity for the park upon its discovery in 1984 and airlift out of the park in 1985. Other fragmentary referred specimens have been found in Late Triassic sediments throughout Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, but these may not belong to the gen
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Saurischia
- Image
- Chindesaurus skeleton.png
- Length
- 4.0
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Chindesaurus
- Commons category
- Chindesaurus
- start time
- 235000000-
- end time
- 210000000-
- time period
- Late Triassic
- location of discovery
- United States
- main food source
- carnivore
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Chindesaurus ("Spök-ödla") var en primitiv dinosaurie från sen Trias i Arizona och Texas, USA. Den beskrevs år 1995 och placerades i familjen Herrerasauridae. Den var ett tvåbent rovdjur och relativt liten, med en ungefärlig längd mellan 2 och 2.3 meter. Herrerasauriden "Caseosaurus" betraktas ibland som ett eget släkte, men de flesta forskare anser att dess tillskrivna fossil endast bör ses som exemplar av Chindesaurus.
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