Galtonia gibbidens
Galtonia gibbidens a species of pseudosuchian from the Late Triassic. It is the only species in the genus Galtonia. Its fossils were found in Pennsylvania and were originally described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1878.
| Galtonia gibbidens Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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| Genus: | Galtonia Hunt & Lucas, 1994 |
| Species: | G. gibbidens |
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| Thecodontosaurus gibbidens Cope, 1878 | |
The type and only species, Galtonia gibbidens, was originally classified as Thecodontosaurus gibbidens, but was moved to a new genus by Hunt and Lucas in 1994. There is also a genus of flower with the name Galtonia, causing further confusion.
Classification
Galtonia had been classified as an ornithischian, but like Revueltosaurus, is actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur (Irmis et al., 2006, who assign it to Revueltosaurus sp.).
References
- Irmis, R.B., Parker, W.G., Nesbitt, S.J., and Liu, J. (2006). Early ornithischian dinosaurs: the Triassic record. Historical Biology 19(1):3-22. doi:10.1080/08912960600719988.
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