Thecodontosaurus
"Socket-tooth Lizard "

Length
Time, Million Years Ago
Place
1m - ?2.5m
219 - 205
England & Wales

First Named
Discoverer
Family
1843
Morris
Sauropodmorpha

The most primitive well-known sauropodomorph.

Type Species Information
After which the Genus is named

Thecodontosaurus antiquus
Remains: Over 100 elements (juvenile to adult), skull, partial skeletons
Tibiae, radius, 2 unguals, tail vertebra

Other Species

Name
Discoverer
Named
T. minor
Haughton
1918

Remains: Neck vertebra, tibia, ischium

© 2002 Gavin Rymill

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