Opisthias
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Opisthias is a genus of sphenodont reptile. The type species, Opisthias rarus, is known from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) of western North America.[2][3]
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Opisthias | |
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Jaw of Opisthias rarus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
Clade: | †Opisthodontia |
Genus: | †Opisthias Gilmore 1909 |
Type species | |
Opisthias rarus Gilmore, 1905[1] |
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