Technosaurus
Field photograph to come
Technosaurus
DV-0298
- Lived
- 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Silesauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Chatterjee 1984
Field notes
About Technosaurus
Technosaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Silesauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Technosaurus, from Texas. Its fossils come from the Cooper Canyon Formation. It was named by Chatterjee in 1984.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
220 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Silesauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. Chatterjee. 1984. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Triassic of North America. Naturwissenschaften 71:630-631