Tecovas Formation

The Tecovas Formation is a geological formation in Texas.[1]

Tecovas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Triassic
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofDockum Group
UnderliesTrujillo Formation
Location
RegionCrosby County
Country United States

Vertebrate fauna

Vertebrates of the Tecovas Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Caseosaurus[1]

A herrerasaurid similar to Chindesaurus

Caseosaurus holotype ilium UMMP 8870

Tecovasaurus[1]

An archosauriform (a possible cynodont according to Kammerer et al. 2012[2])

Tecovasuchus[3]

An aetosaur belonging to Paratypothoracisini

Soumyasaurus[4]

A silesaurid

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See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

  1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 518–521. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. Christian F. Kammerer, John J. Flynn, Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana and André R. Wyss (2012). "Ontogeny in the Malagasy Traversodontid Dadadon isaloi and a Reconsideration of its Phylogenetic Relationships". Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences. 5: 112–125. doi:10.3158/2158-5520-5.1.112.
  3. Martz, J. W.; Small, B. J. (2006). "Tecovasuchus chatterjeei, a new aetosaur (Archosauria: Stagonolepididae) from the Tecovas Formation (Carnian, Upper Triassic) of Texas". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (2): 308–320. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[308:tcanaa]2.0.co;2.
  4. Volkan Sarıgül; Federico Agnolín; Sankar Chatterjee (2018). "Description of a multitaxic bone assemblage from the Upper Triassic Post Quarry of Texas (Dockum group), including a new small basal dinosauriform taxon" (PDF). Historia Natural, Tercera Serie. 8 (1): 5–24.
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