Podokesaurus
Sign in to savePodokesaurus is a genus of coelophysoid dinosaur that lived in what is now the eastern United States during the Early Jurassic Period. The first fossil was discovered by the geologist Mignon Talbot near Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1910. The specimen was fragmentary, preserving much of the body, limbs, and tail. In 1911, Talbot described and named the new genus and species Podokesaurus holyokensis based on it. The full name can be translated as "swift-footed lizard of Holyoke". This discovery made Talbot the first woman to find and describe a non-bird dinosaur. The holotype fossil was reco
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Coelophysoidea
- Image
- Podokesaurus restoration.jpg
- Length
- 0.9
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- taxon name
- Podokesaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- time period
- Middle Jurassic
- location of discovery
- United States
- main food source
- carnivore
- Commons category
- Podokesaurus
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