Technosaurus
| Technosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
|---|---|
| Premaxilla and dentary of Technosaurus smalli in the collection of the Museum of Texas Tech University. | |
| Scientific 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 silesaurid dinosauriforms, 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.