Rhynchosaurus
Rhynchosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic (Anisian)
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Skull of Rhynchosaurus articeps | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Rhynchosauria |
Family: | †Rhynchosauridae |
Genus: | †Rhynchosaurus Owen, 1842 |
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Restored skull
Rhynchosaurus (beaked lizard) is a genus of rhynchosaur that lived during the Middle Triassic period. It lived in Europe. It was related to the archosaurs, but not within that group. The type species of Rhynchosaurus is R. articeps. Michael Benton named two additional species, R. spenceri and R. brodiei, but they were subsequently renamed Fodonyx and Langeronyx respectively.[1][2] Fossils of Rhynchosaurus have been found in the Tarporley Siltstone Formation (Mercia Mudstone Group) and possibly the Sherwood Sandstone Group of the United Kingdom.[3]
References[]
- ^ Hone, David W. E.; Benton, Michael J. (2008). "A new genus of rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of south-west England". Palaeontology. 51 (1): 95–115. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00739.x.
- ^ Martín D. Ezcurra, Felipe Montefeltro and Richard J. Butler (2016). "The Early Evolution of Rhynchosaurs". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3: Article 142. doi:10.3389/fevo.2015.00142.
- ^ Rhynchosaurus at Fossilworks.org
External links[]
- Archosauromorpha at Paleofile
Categories:
- Rhynchosaurs
- Middle Triassic reptiles of Europe
- Anisian genus first appearances
- Anisian genus extinctions
- Fossils of England
- Fossil taxa described in 1842
- Taxa named by Richard Owen
- Prehistoric reptile genera
- Triassic reptile stubs