Genus: Triopticus STOCKER, NESBITT, CRISWELL, PARKER, WITMER, ROWE,
RIDGELY, & BROWN, 2016
Etymology: Latin, tri, "three" and
Latin, optic, "vision"; in reference to the large opening in the skull roof,
resembling the third eye socket.
Species:
primus
STOCKER, NESBITT, CRISWELL, PARKER, WITMER, ROWE, RIDGELY, & BROWN, 2016
Etymology: Latin, primus, "first."
Holotype: TMM 31100-1030
Locality: Quarry 3 of the Otis Chalk localities (TMM 31100), Howard County, Texas.
Horizon: Dockum Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Latest Carnian Stage-Early Norian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: Posterior portion of a skull.