Shuvosaurus inexpectatus

Life restoration.

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Pseudosuchia
Cladus: Suchia
Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha

Cladus: †Poposauroidea
Familia: †Shuvosauridae
Genera: †Shuvosaurus
Species: †Shuvosaurus inexpectatus

Name

Shuvosaurus inexpectatus Chatterjee, 1993

Synonyms

• Chatterjeea elegans Long & Murry, 1995

Distribution

North America

• United States
  • Southern United States (New Mexico, Texas)

Temporal range: Triassic

References

Primary references

• Chatterjee, S. 1993. Shuvosaurus, a new theropod: an unusual theropod dinosaur from the Triassic of Texas. National Geographic Research and Exploration 9(3): 274–285. Reference page. 
• Long R.A. & Murry P.A., 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the Southwestern Unites States. Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. 4, 1-254.

Additional references

• Rauhut, O.W.M. 1997. On the cranial anatomy of Shuvosaurus inexpectatus (Dinosauria: Theropoda). In: Sachs, S., Rauhut, O.W.M. & Weigert, A. (eds) 1. Treffen der deutschsprachigen Palaeoherpetologen, Düsseldorf, 21.-23.02.1997;. Terra Nostra 7/97, pp. 17-21.

Links

• Shuvosaurus inexpectatus – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.