[D] Tatisaurus oehleri [sG] [T]
Describer
Simmons, 1965
Time
Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Dark Red Beds of the Lower Lufeng Formation [= Fengjiahe Formation], Yunnan, China
Length
2 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Isolated dentary.
Tatisaurus was synonymized with Scelidosaurus, with Tatisaurus oehleri renamed Scelidosaurus oehleri Lucas, S.G. 1996. The thyreophoran dinosaur Scelidosaurus from the Lower Lufeng Formation, Yunnan, China. pp. 81-85, in Morales, M. (ed.),The Continental Jurassic. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 60.
However, he did not demonstrate that the similarities were derived rather than shared primitive thyreophoran characters, so this synonymy is a bit weak at present.
Tatisaurus is the earliest known member of the dinosaurian order Thyreophora, a group that included various types of armoured dinosaurs. It is still not very far removed from its [Fabrosaur] ancestors.
Simmons, 1965
Time
Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Dark Red Beds of the Lower Lufeng Formation [= Fengjiahe Formation], Yunnan, China
Length
2 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Isolated dentary.
Tatisaurus was synonymized with Scelidosaurus, with Tatisaurus oehleri renamed Scelidosaurus oehleri Lucas, S.G. 1996. The thyreophoran dinosaur Scelidosaurus from the Lower Lufeng Formation, Yunnan, China. pp. 81-85, in Morales, M. (ed.),The Continental Jurassic. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 60.
However, he did not demonstrate that the similarities were derived rather than shared primitive thyreophoran characters, so this synonymy is a bit weak at present.
Tatisaurus is the earliest known member of the dinosaurian order Thyreophora, a group that included various types of armoured dinosaurs. It is still not very far removed from its [Fabrosaur] ancestors.