Teleocrater
Name:
Teleocrater
(completed basin).
Phonetic: Tel-e-o-cra-ter.
Named By: S. J. Nesbitt, R. J. Butler,
M. D. Ezcurra, P. M. Barrett, M. R. Stocker, K.
D. Angielczyk, R. M. H. Smith, C. A. Sidor, G.
Nied?wiedzki, A. G. Sennikov & A. J. Charig -
2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Archosauria, Avemetatarsalia, Aphanosauria.
Species: T. rhadinus (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Between 2.1 - 3 meters long.
Known locations: Tanzania - Manda Formation.
Time period: Mid Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of at least
three individuals.
Teleocrater
is a genus of meat eating archosaur that lived in Africa during the
Triassic.
Further reading
- The earliest bird-line archosaurs and the assembly of the dinosaur
body plan. - Nature 544(27):484-487. - S. J.
Nesbitt, R. J. Butler, M. D. Ezcurra, P. M.
Barrett, M. R. Stocker, K. D. Angielczyk, R. M. H.
Smith, C. A. Sidor, G. Nied?wiedzki, A. G. Sennikov
& A. J. Charig - 2017.
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