The First Silesaurid Dinosauriform from the Late Triassic of Morocco

@inproceedings{Kammerer2011TheFS,
  title={The First Silesaurid Dinosauriform from the Late Triassic of Morocco},
  author={Christian F. Kammerer and Sterling J. Nesbitt and Neil H. Shubin},
  year={2011}
}
Disarticulated material from the Late Triassic Timezgadiouine Formation in the Argana Basin of Morocco represents a new taxon of silesaurid dinosauromorph, Diodorus scytobrachion gen. et sp. nov. D. scytobrachion can be distinguished from other silesaurids by the presence of anteriorly-canted teeth that decrease in size towards the anterior end of the dentary and a distinct lateral ridge running parallel to the dentary alveolar margin. In a phylogenetic analysis, D. scytobrachion is recovered… 
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