Pisanosaurus mertii Casamiquela 1967 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: R. M. Casamiquela. 1967. Un nuevo dinosaurio ornitisquio triasico (Pisanosaurus mertii; Ornithopoda) de la Formación Ischigualasto, Argentina [A new Triassic ornithischian dinosaur (Pisanosaurus mertii; Ornithopoda) from the Ischigualasto Formation, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 4(2):47-64

Belongs to Pisanosaurus according to M. C. Langer et al. 2010

See also Agnolin 2015, Báez and Marsicano 2001, Bell et al. 2018, Bittencourt and Kellner 2009, Bonaparte 1973, Bonaparte 1976, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1979, Bonaparte 1984, Breeden and Rowe 2020, Buchholz 2002, Butler et al. 2007, Butler et al. 2008, Casamiquela 1967, Charig and Crompton 1974, Desojo et al. 2020, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Ezcurra 2017, Godefroit and Cuny 1997, Han et al. 2012, Heckert and Lucas 1998, Herne et al. 2019, Irmis and Knoll 2008, Irmis et al. 2007, Kammerer et al. 2012, Langer and Benton 2006, Langer et al. 2011, Maidment et al. 2020, Martz and Small 2019, Marzola and Dalla Vecchia 2014, Moro et al. 2020, Norman et al. 2004, Novas 1997, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Reig 1970, Ryan and Vickaryous 1997, Sereno 1991, Thulborn 1974, Thulborn 2006, Weishampel 2004 and Weishampel and Weishampel 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PVL 2577, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Agua de Las Catas, Ischigualasto, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Agua de Las Catas, Ischigualasto

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