Centemodon

Centemodon (meaning "point tooth") is an extinct genus of basal^[2] phytosaur from the Late Triassic Period. It lived in what is now Pennsylvania, United States.^[2] It is classified as a nomen dubium.^[3] It was found in the Red Sandstone Formation near the Schuyklill River.^[4] Centemodon may have been related to Suchoprion. It was a small phytosaur, weighing no more than 200 kilograms (440 lb) when fully grown.^[2]

Centemodon Temporal range: Late Triassic, 221–218 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Phytosauria
Genus:	†Centemodon Lea, 1856
Type species
†Centemodon sulcatus Lea, 1856[1]
Synonyms
Paleorhinus sulcatus (Lea, 1856) Rutiodon sulcatus (Lea, 1856)

Discovery and naming

Sometime before the Bone Wars, a palaeontologist known as Dr. Leo (surname unknown) discovered several fossil fragmentary teeth that later became the Centemodon holotype.^[2] When Leo described the fragments, he was unsure of what they belonged to, and Leo did not name the fragments. They were eventually named in 1856 by Isaac Lea.^[1]