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TEXASETES
(tex-a-set-ees)
meaning: "Texas resident"
Named By: W. P. Coombs in 1995
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 100 Ma
Location: USA, Texas, Tarrant County - Paw Paw Formation
Size: Estimated between 2.5 to 3 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Skull fragment and partial post cranial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Thyreophora | Ankylosauria | Nodosauridae |
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Texasetes (meaning "Texas resident") is a genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur from the late Lower Cretaceous of North America. This poorly known genus has been recovered from the Paw Paw Formation (late Albian) near Haslet, Tarrant County Texas, which has also produced the nodosaurid ankylosaur Pawpawsaurus. Texasetes is estimated to have been 2.5-3 meters (8-10 ft) in length. It was named by Coombs in 1995.

Read more about Texasetes at Wikipedia
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