Technosaurus

Technosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 210 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia (?)
Family: Silesauridae
Clade: Sulcimentisauria
Genus: Technosaurus
Chatterjee, 1984
Type species
Technosaurus smalli
Chatterjee, 1984

Technosaurus (meaning "Tech lizard", for Texas Tech University) is an extinct genus of Late Triassic silesaurid dinosauriform, from the Late Triassic Cooper Canyon Formation (Dockum Group) of Texas, United States.

For about 20 years after its description, it was thought to be a basal ornithischian dinosaur, but better remains of other Triassic archosaurs have cast doubt on this interpretation. As named, it was a chimera of different animals.