Supradapedon
Extinct genus of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Supradapedon is an extinct genus of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur from mid-late Triassic deposits of Tanganyika Territory, Tanzania. It is known from the holotype SAM-11704. The holotype and only specimen of Supradapedon was first assigned to a species of Scaphonyx (now considered to be a nomen dubium), Scaphonyx stockleyi.[1] This species was reassigned to its own genus by Sankar Chatterjee in 1980 and the type species is Supradapedon stockleyi.[2] One study, Langer et al. (2000), concluded that Supradapedon is a synonym of Hyperodapedon and referred it to Hyperodapedon sp.[3] However, the provisional validity of this genus has been commonly accepted since.[4][5][6]
| Supradapedon Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Rhynchosauria |
| Family: | †Rhynchosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyperodapedontinae |
| Genus: | †Supradapedon Chatterjee, 1980 |
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