Dinodontosaurus | |
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Mounted Dinodontosaurus skeleton | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | † Anomodontia |
Clade: | † Dicynodontia |
Clade: | † Kannemeyeriiformes |
Genus: | †
Dinodontosaurus Romer, 1943 |
Type species | |
†Dinodontosaurus oliveirai Romer,
1943 [
Junior synonym
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Synonyms [1] | |
Genus synonymy
Species synonymy
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Dinodontosaurus (meaning "terrible-toothed lizard") is a genus of dicynodont therapsid. It was medium to large dicynodont of the Triassic (with skull up to 40 centimetres (16 in) long [1]) and had a beak corneum. It lived in the Middle Triassic but disappeared in the Upper Triassic.
Dinodontosaurus in a cladogram from Szczygielski & Sulej (2023): [3]
Dinodontosaurus | |
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Mounted Dinodontosaurus skeleton | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | † Anomodontia |
Clade: | † Dicynodontia |
Clade: | † Kannemeyeriiformes |
Genus: | †
Dinodontosaurus Romer, 1943 |
Type species | |
†Dinodontosaurus oliveirai Romer,
1943 [
Junior synonym
| |
Species | |
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
Genus synonymy
Species synonymy
|
Dinodontosaurus (meaning "terrible-toothed lizard") is a genus of dicynodont therapsid. It was medium to large dicynodont of the Triassic (with skull up to 40 centimetres (16 in) long [1]) and had a beak corneum. It lived in the Middle Triassic but disappeared in the Upper Triassic.
Dinodontosaurus in a cladogram from Szczygielski & Sulej (2023): [3]