[D] Thecodontosaurus antiquus [Su] [T]
Describer
Morris, 1843
Time
Triassic Late ?Norian Rhaetian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Thecodontosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Magnesian Conglomerate, Avon, England; Fissure Fillings, South Glamorgan, Wales
Fall Under
Thecondontosaurus
Length
2.6 meter
Info
Typespecies - Skull
Thecodontosaurus (Riley & Stuchbury, 1836) > Thecodontosaurus antiquus (Morris, 1843) >> Agrosaurus macgillivrayi (Seeley, 1891)
More than 100 disarticulated elements, skull and partial skeletons, isolated elements, juvenile to adult.
Named for teeth described as resembling those of monitor lizards, but embedded in distinct sockets.