Describer

Riley & Stuchbury, 1836

Time

Triassic Late ?Norian Rhaetian

Classification

Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Thecodontosauridae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

England, Wales

Typespecies

Thecondontosaurus antiquus

Length

2.6 meter

Info

Thecodontosaurus (Riley & Stuchbury, 1836) > Thecodontosaurus antiquus (Morris, 1843) >> Agrosaurus macgillivrayi (Seeley, 1891)

Named for teeth described as resembling those of monitor lizards, but embedded in distinct sockets