Thecodontosaurus
Sign in to saveThecodontosaurus ("socket-tooth lizard") is a genus of herbivorous basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the late Triassic period (Carnian age). Its remains are known mostly from Triassic "fissure fillings" in southern England. Thecodontosaurus was a small bipedal animal, about long. It is one of the first dinosaurs to be discovered and is one of the oldest that ever existed. Many species have been named within the genus, but only the type species Thecodontosaurus antiquus is seen as valid today.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Sauropodomorpha
- Image
- 1836 - Thecodontosaurus.png
- Length
- 2.5
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- taxon common name
- Текодонтозавр
- Commons category
- Thecodontosaurus
- taxon name
- Thecodontosaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 203600000-
- end time
- 201300000-
- time period
- Late Triassic
- location of discovery
- England
- main food source
- omnivore
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Thecodontosaurus é um gênero de dinossauro herbívoro que viveu durante o final do período Triássico. O Thecodontosaurus era um dinossauro de duas pernas de pequeno a médio porte que vagava pelo que hoje é o Reino Unido. O primeiro fossil de Thecodontosaurus de foi destruído durante um bombardeio alemão da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Os restos deste dinossauro e outro material relacionado a ele foram destruídas em 1940.
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