Postosuchus, a new Thecodontian reptile from the Triassic of Texas and the origin of Tyrannosaurs

16 April 1985

journal article
research article
Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences

Vol. 309 (1139) , 395-460
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1985.0092

Abstract

Postosuchus kirkpatricki (n.g., n.sp.) is a large, gracile, carnivorous thecodontian from the late Triassic Dockum Group of Texas. The species is characterized by its erect and facultative bipedal ...

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