蘇牟龍屬

苏牟龙属; 化石时期：晚三叠世 PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	意外蘇牟龍的頭部重建圖
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：	爬行綱 Reptilia
科：	†苏牟龙科 Shuvosauridae
属：	†苏牟龙属 Shuvosaurus; Chatterjee, 1993
模式種
	意外蘇牟龍; Shuvosaurus inexpectatus; Chatterjee, 1993
異名
	查特吉鱷 Chatterjeea ; Long & Murry, 1995;

蘇牟龍屬（學名：Shuvosaurus）意思為「蘇牟的蜥蜴」，牠們是一群有喙狀嘴的已滅絕爬行動物，生存於三疊紀的德州。化石是由薩克·查特吉（Sankar Chatterjee）的兒子蘇牟發現，而在1993年由薩克·查特吉提出描述、命名^[1]^[2]。蘇牟龍起初被誤認為是白堊紀似鳥龍科的三疊紀物種。然而，2006年因為在幽靈牧場發現牠們的近親靈鱷，顯示出蘇牟龍較親近於鱷魚；而這群動物與似鳥龍科的相似處則是趨同演化的結果^[3]。另外，這個關於靈鱷的發現，證實查特吉鱷（Chatterjeea）是蘇牟龍的異名^[4]。

參考資料

^ 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.

外部連結

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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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