- Basutodon
Taxobox|
name = "Basutodon"
fossil_range =Late Triassic
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Sauropsid a
infraclassis =Archosauromorpha
unranked_ordo =Crurotarsi
ordo = ?Rauisuchia
familia = unknown
genus = "Basutodon"
genus_authority = von Huene, 1932
binomial = "Basutodon ferux"
binomial_authority = von Huene, 1932"Basutodon" was a
genus ofrauisuchia narchosaur from the late Carnian-early Norian-ageUpper Triassic Lower Elliot Formation ofLesotho .von Huene, F. (1932). Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihte Entwicklung und Geschichte. "Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie" 1(4). 361 p. [German] ] It is based onteeth that were once confused withprosauropod remains, as with "Teratosaurus ". Because of this, it is sometimes listed in older dinosaur books as an earlytheropod ,Lambert, D. (1983). "A Field Guide to Dinosaurs." Avon Books:New York, p. 74. ISBN 0-380-83519-3.] or as a synonym of "Euskelosaurus ". It was probably neither of these things, though, and is much more likely to be a dubious non-dinosaur.Glut, D.F. (1997). “Excluded Genera”, "Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia." McFarland & Company:Jefferson, North Carolina, 1005-1010. ISBN 0-89950-917-7.]References
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