Lewisuchus
Field photograph to come
Lewisuchus
DV-0214
- Lived
- 242 to 72 million years ago, Middle Triassic to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Romer 1972
Field notes
About Lewisuchus
Lewisuchus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Middle Triassic to Late Cretaceous, 242 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Lewisuchus, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Chañares Formation. It was named by Romer in 1972.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
155 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Silesauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. S. Romer. 1972. The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna; XIV, Lewisuchus admixtus, gen. et sp. nov., a further thecodont from the Chañares beds. Breviora 390:1-13