Micromenodon

Extinct genus of reptiles

Micromenodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Gephyrosaurus

Diphydontosaurus

Micromenodon

References

  1. ^ 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. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.87. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 228808997.
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Sauropsida
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Rhynchocephalia
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Gephyrosauridae?
Sphenodon punctatus
Incertae sedis
Clevosauridae
Sapheosauridae
"Eupropalinal
sphenodonts"
Pleurosauridae?
Sphenodontidae
Opisthodontia
Eilenodontinae