苏牟龙属

苏牟龙属; 化石时期：晚三叠世 PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	意外苏牟龙的头部重建图
保护状况
	无效状况
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	爬行纲 Reptilia
科：	†苏牟龙科 Shuvosauridae
属：	†苏牟龙属 Shuvosaurus; Chatterjee, 1993
模式种
	意外苏牟龙; Shuvosaurus inexpectatus; Chatterjee, 1993
异名
	查特吉鳄 Chatterjeea ; Long & Murry, 1995;

苏牟龙属（学名：Shuvosaurus）意思为“苏牟的蜥蜴”，牠们是一群有喙状嘴的已灭绝爬行动物，生存于三叠纪的德州。化石是由萨克·查特吉（Sankar Chatterjee）的儿子苏牟发现，而在1993年由萨克·查特吉提出描述、命名^[1]^[2]。苏牟龙起初被误认为是白垩纪似鸟龙科的三叠纪物种。然而，2006年因为在幽灵牧场发现牠们的近亲灵鳄，显示出苏牟龙较亲近于鳄鱼；而这群动物与似鸟龙科的相似处则是趋同演化的结果^[3]。另外，这个关于灵鳄的发现，证实查特吉鳄（Chatterjeea）是苏牟龙的异名^[4]。

参考资料

^ Chatterjee, S. (1991) An unusual toothless archosaur from the Triassic of Texas: the world's oldest ostrich dinosaur? Abstract, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 8(3): 11A.
^ Chatterjee, S. Shuvosaurus, a new theropod: an unusual theropod dinosaur from the Triassic of Texas. National Geographic Research and Exploration. 1993, 9 (3): 274–285.
^ Rauhut, O. W. M. (1997). "On the cranial anatomy of Shuvosaurus inexpectatus (Dinosauria: Theropoda)." In: Sachs, S., Rauhut, O. W. M. & Weigert, A. (eds) 1. Treffen der deutschsprachigen Palaeoherpetologen, Dusseldorf, 21.-23.02.1997; Extended Abstracts. Terra Nostra 7/97, pp. 17-21.
^ Nesbitt, S. (2007). "The anatomy of Effigia okeeffeae (Archosauria, Suchia), theropod-like convergance, and the distribution of related taxa." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 302: 84 pp.

外部链接

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[chatterjee1991-1] Chatterjee, S. (1991) An unusual toothless archosaur from the Triassic of Texas: the world's oldest ostrich dinosaur? Abstract, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 8(3): 11A.

[SC93-2] Chatterjee, S. Shuvosaurus, a new theropod: an unusual theropod dinosaur from the Triassic of Texas. National Geographic Research and Exploration. 1993, 9 (3): 274–285.

[rauhut1997-3] Rauhut, O. W. M. (1997). "On the cranial anatomy of Shuvosaurus inexpectatus (Dinosauria: Theropoda)." In: Sachs, S., Rauhut, O. W. M. & Weigert, A. (eds) 1. Treffen der deutschsprachigen Palaeoherpetologen, Dusseldorf, 21.-23.02.1997; Extended Abstracts. Terra Nostra 7/97, pp. 17-21.

[nesbitt2007-4] Nesbitt, S. (2007). "The anatomy of Effigia okeeffeae (Archosauria, Suchia), theropod-like convergance, and the distribution of related taxa." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 302: 84 pp.

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