Scutarx

Name: Scutarx.
Phonetic: Skoo-tarks.
Named By: William G.‭ ‬Parker‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Archosauria,‭ ‬Pseudosuchia,‭ ‬Aetosauria,‭ ‬Aetosaurinae.
Species: S.‭ ‬deltatylus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬Arizona‭ ‬-‭ ‬Chinle Formation.
Time period: Late Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of a few individuals.

       Scutarx is a genus of aetosaur that lived in North America during the late Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Osteology of the Late Triassic aetosaur Scutarx deltatylus‭ (‬Archosauria:‭ ‬Pseudosuchia‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ‭ ‬-‭ ‬William G.‭ ‬Parker‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.
-‭ ‬Revised phylogenetic analysis of the Aetosauria‭ (‬Archosauria:‭ ‬Pseudosuchia‭); ‬assessing the effects of incongruent morphological character sets.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ‭ ‬-‭ ‬William G.‭ ‬Parker‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.‭

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