Tichosteus
From Greek teichos, "wall", combined with Greek osteon, "bone" — means "walled bone", referring to vertebrae that lacked lateral pneumatic foramina in their side walls
Late Jurassic stages
Tichosteus is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It is known only from vertebrae recovered from Kimmeridgian rocks in the Morrison Formation, Colorado.
Species
Tichosteus lucasanus Cope, 1877 Nomen dubium
Type species
Named for Oramel W. Lucas, superintendent of public schools, who collected the holotype vertebrae for Edward Drinker Cope near the Arkansas River in Colorado.
- Holotype
- AMNH 5770 , American Museum of Natural History
- Material
- Vertebra
- Horizon
- upper Morrison Formation, Kimmeridgian–Tithonian, Late Jurassic , 154.8–143.1 million years ago
- Locality
- near Canyon City, Colorado, United States
References
- Cope, E. D. (1877). On reptilian remains from the Dakota Beds of Colorado. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100): 193-196. cope1877d
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Norman, D. B. (2004). Basal Iguanodontia. The Dinosauria, Second Edition (Weishampel, D. B.; Dodson, P.; Osmólska, H., eds.) 413-437. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Lists Tichosteus lucasanus as a nomen dubium among basal iguanodontians, on a vertebra.
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