Bromsgroveia

Broms-gro-ve-e-ah.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Bromsgroveia ‭(‬named after the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation‭)‬.

Phonetic

Broms-gro-ve-e-ah.

Named By

P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Galton‭ – ‬1985.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Rauisuchia, Paracrocodylomorpha, Poposauroidea, Ctenosauriscidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

B.‭ ‬walkeri‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation‭ ‬-‭ ‬Finstall Member.

Time Period

Anisian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Bromsgroveia is a genus of poposaurid rauisuchian that lived in England during the early Triassic.‭ ‬Bromsgroveia was named after the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation where the holotype fossils were discovered.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬The poposaurid thecodontian Teratosaurus suevicus v.‭ ‬Meyer,‭ ‬plus referred specimens mostly based on prosauropod dinosaurs,‭ ‬from the Middle Stubensandstein‭ (‬Upper Triassic‭) ‬of Nordw�rttemberg.‭ ‬Stuttgarter Beitr�ge zur Naturkunde,‭ ‬Serie B‭ (‬Geologie und Pal�ontologie‭) ‬116:1-29.‭ – ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Galton‭ – ‬1985.

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