Thecodontosaurus
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| Thecodontosaurus Temporal range: Triassic period |
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Fossil
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha |
| Family: | Thecodontosauridae Lydekker, 1890 |
| Genus: | Thecodontosaurus Riley & Stuchbury, 1836 |
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| Thecodontosaurus antiquus Morris, 1843 |
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Thecodontosaurus (meaning "socket-toothed lizard") was a very early dinosaur that lived during the late Triassic period, a time when the Earth was relatively warm and much of the land was dry and desert-like. This was around the time that the dinosaurs were just starting to appear.
Description [change]
Fossils of Thecodontosaurus have been found in southwest England (near Bristol) and Wales, which were probably dry and desert-like when Thecodontosaurus lived. Thecodontosaurus was named by Morris in 1843, but was first described by H. Riley and S. Stutchbury in 1836.
