Genus
Valid Extinct

Technosaurus

Chatterjee 1984

Technosaurus is an extinct genus of silesaurid dinosauriforms, from the Late Triassic Cooper Canyon Formation of Texas, United States.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Technosaurus
click to enlarge
Premaxilla and dentary of Technosaurus smalli in the collections of the Museum of Texas Tech University. © Aaron dp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB ↗ Wikipedia ↗
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
›
Ornithischia Unranked clade
›
Parapredentata Unranked clade
›
Silesauridae Unranked clade
›
Sulcimentisauria Unranked clade
›
Technosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Cooper Canyon
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Technosaurus smalli 227 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. Chatterjee. 1984. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Triassic of North America. Naturwissenschaften 71:630-631 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. Chatterjee. 1984. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Triassic of North America. Naturwissenschaften 71:630-631 DOI ↗