Trilophosaurus

Trilophosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian–Norian
Skeleton of Trilophosaurus buettneri (AMNH 7502)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Allokotosauria
Order: Trilophosauria
Family: Trilophosauridae
Genus: Trilophosaurus
Case, 1928
Type species
Trilophosaurus buettneri
Case, 1928
Species
  • T. buettneri Case, 1928
  • ?T. dornorum Mueller & Parker, 2006
  • ?T. jacobsi Murry, 1987
    (Junior synonym of Spinosuchus?)
  • T. phasmalophos Kligman et al., 2020
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
Synonyms of T. buettneri:
Synonyms of T. jacobsi:
  • Chinleogomphius jacobsi (Murry, 1987)
  • ?Trilophosaurus dornorum Mueller & Parker, 2006
Front of T. buettneri skeleton, American Museum of Natural History

Trilophosaurus (Greek for "lizard with three ridges") is a lizard-like trilophosaurid allokotosaur known from the Late Triassic of North America. It was a herbivore up to 2.5 m long.


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