Galtonia gibbidens

Galtonia gibbidens a species of pseudosuchian from the Late Triassic. It is the only species in the genus Galtonia. Its fossils were found in Pennsylvania and were originally described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1878.

This article is about a species and genus of extinct reptile. For the plant genus, see Galtonia.

Galtonia gibbidens Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
(unranked):	Archosauria
(unranked):	Crurotarsi
Genus:	Galtonia Hunt & Lucas, 1994
Species:	G. gibbidens
Type species
Thecodontosaurus gibbidens Cope, 1878

The type and only species, Galtonia gibbidens, was originally classified as Thecodontosaurus gibbidens, but was moved to a new genus by Hunt and Lucas in 1994. There is also a genus of flower with the name Galtonia, causing further confusion.

Classification

Galtonia had been classified as an ornithischian, but like Revueltosaurus, is actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur (Irmis et al., 2006, who assign it to Revueltosaurus sp.).

References

• Irmis, R.B., Parker, W.G., Nesbitt, S.J., and Liu, J. (2006). Early ornithischian dinosaurs: the Triassic record. Historical Biology 19(1):3-22. doi:10.1080/08912960600719988.