Micromenodon
Micromenodon Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
Suborder: | Sphenodontia |
Genus: | †Micromenodon Sues & Schoch, 2021 |
Type species | |
†Micromenodon pitti Sues & Schoch, 2021 |
Micromenodon is an extinct genus of sphenodontian from the Late Triassic Doswell Formation of Virginia. It contains a single species, Micromenodon pitti. The species is only known from a partial maxilla with teeth. It has been placed as a basal member of Sphenodontia.[1]
Rhynchocephalia | |
References
[edit]- ^ Sues, Hans-Dieter; Schoch, Rainer R. (March 2021). "A new early-diverging sphenodontian (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia, U.S.A." Journal of Paleontology. 95 (2): 344–350. Bibcode:2021JPal...95..344S. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.87. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 228808997.