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Thecodontosaurus antiquus ✝

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Thecodontosaurus ("socket-tooth lizard") is a genus of herbivorous basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the late Triassic period (Rhaetian age).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thecodontosaurus_antiquus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4967170	https://www.gbif.org/species/4967170
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	56627	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56627

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Anchisauridae : Thecodontosaurus : Thecodontosaurus antiquus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Thecodontosaurus : Thecodontosaurus antiquus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Eusaurischia	Padian et al. 1999
-	Sauropodomorpha
genus	Thecodontosaurus	Riley and Stutchbury 1836
species	Thecodontosaurus antiquus	Morris 1843

Generic Name

Thecodontosaurus

Scientific Name

Thecodontosaurus antiquus Morris, 1843

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Plieninger, 1846
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Quenstedt, 1852
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Meyer, 1855
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Emmons, 1856
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Gervais, 1869
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Lydekker, 1888
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Huene, 1914
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Huene, 1914
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Tatarinov, 1964
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Demathieu, 1970
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Yates, 2003
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Galton, 2005
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated with evidence	Galton, 2007
Thecodontosaurus antiquus	species	belongs to Thecodontosaurus	stated without evidence	Galton et al., 2007

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. v. Heerden. 1979. The morphology and taxonomy of Euskelosaurus (Reptilia: Saurischia; Late Triassic) from South Africa. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum 4(2):23-84

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thecodontosaurus_antiquus

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1843	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Morris p. 211
1846	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Plieninger p. 150
1850	Thecodontosaurus antiquus King p. 238
1852	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Quenstedt p. 109
1855	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Meyer p. 158
1856	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Emmons p. 296
1856	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Roemer p. 785
1861	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Gervais p. 251
1861	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Owen p. 275
1866	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Haeckel p. CXXXIV
1869	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Gervais p. 219
1888	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Lydekker p. 175
1890	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Woodward and Sherborn p. 291
1895	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Seeley p. 144
1905	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Huene p. 349
1907	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Sauvage p. 14
1908	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Huene p. 13
1909	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Allen p. 276
1910	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Hay p. 12
1914	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Huene p. 12
1918	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Haughton p. 469
1920	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Van Hoepen pp. 91-92
1929	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Huene p. 271
1941	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Huene p. 141

Year	Name and Author
1941	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Young p. 206
1957	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Robinson p. 262
1964	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Tatarinov p. 541
1970	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Demathieu p. 154
1970	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Steel p. 50
1973	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Galton p. 248
1976	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Galton and Cluver p. 139
1993	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Storrs p. 448
2000	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Benton et al. p. 81
2000	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Galton p. 267
2003	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Yates
2004	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Galton and Upchurch p. 236
2005	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Galton p. 61A
2005	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Yates p. 117
2007	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Galton p. 560
2007	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Galton et al. p. 120
2007	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Naish and Martill p. 496
2007	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Smith and Pol p. 661
2007	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Upchurch et al. p. 76
2010	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Langer et al. p. 77
2011	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Apaldetti et al. p. 4
2012	Thecodontosaurus antiquus van den Berg et al. p. 641
2016	Thecodontosaurus antiquus Griffin and Nesbitt p. 1

References

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King W. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England, Palaeontographical Society, 1-253

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Emmons E. , Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina, xx-351

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Gervais P. , Zoologie et Paléontologie Générales. Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vertébrés Vivants et Fossiles, Première Série [General Zoology and Paleontology. New Research on Living and Fossil Vertebrate Animals. First Series], 1-263

Lydekker R. , Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London, 1-309

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Young C.-C. (1941) Gyposaurus sinensis Young (sp. nov.) a new Prosauropoda from the Upper Triassic beds at Lufeng, Yunnan, Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 21 2-4, 205-252

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