Coahomasuchus

Ko-ah-hu-mah-soo-kus

Benjamin Gutierrez

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Gutierrez, B. (2014, August 11). Coahomasuchus. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/coahomasuchus/

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Name

Coahomasuchus.

Phonetic

Ko-ah-hu-mah-soo-kus

Named By

A.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Heckert‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Lucas‭ ‬-‭ ‬1999.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Aetosauria,‭ ‬Stagonolepididae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

C.‭ ‬kahleorum‭

Size

Roughly about‭ ‬1.5‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬North Carolina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Pekin Formation,‭ ‬Texas‭ ‬-‭ ‬Colorado City Formation.

Time Period

Carnian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Coahomasuchus is a genus of aetosaur that lived in North America during the late Triassic.‭ ‬Like relatives,‭ ‬Coahomasuchus had plate like osteoderms that ran down the length of the back and under the throat.‭ ‬With a length of about one and a half meters,‭ ‬Coahomasuchus is one of the smaller aetosaurs.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new aetosaur‭ (‬Reptilia:‭ ‬Archosauria‭) ‬from the Upper Triassic of Texas and the phylogeny of aetosaurs.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬19:50-68.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Heckert‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Lucas‭ ‬-‭ ‬1999. -‭ ‬A new species of Coahomasuchus‭ (‬Archosauria,‭ ‬Aetosauria‭) ‬from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation,‭ ‬Deep River Basin,‭ ‬North Carolina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Paleontology.‭ ‬91‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬162‭–‬178.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Heckert,‭ ‬N.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Fraser‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Schneider‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.

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