Xenodiphyodon
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Allokotosauria |
| Order: | †Trilophosauria |
| Family: | †Trilophosauridae (?) |
| Genus: | Xenodiphyodon |
| Species: | X. petraios
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenodiphyodon petraios Sues & Olsen, 1993
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Xenodiphyodon is an extinct genus of reptile with some similarities to trilophosaurids,[1] known from the Late Triassic Turkey Branch Formation of Virginia, United States. The genus contains a single species, Xenodiphyodon petraios, was described by Hans-Dieter Sues and Paul E. Olsen in 1993.[2]
References
- ^ Sues, Hans-Dieter; Schoch, Rainer R. (2023). "A new Middle Triassic (Ladinian) trilophosaurid stem-archosaur from Germany increases diversity and temporal range of this clade". Royal Society Open Science. 10 (3) 230083. Bibcode:2023RSOS...1030083S. doi:10.1098/rsos.230083. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 10031418. PMID 36968237.
- ^ Sues, Hans-Dieter; Olsen, Paul E. (23 September 1993). "A new procolophonid and a new tetrapod of uncertain, possibly procolophonian affinities from the Upper Triassic of Virginia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 13 (3): 282–286. Bibcode:1993JVPal..13..282S. doi:10.1080/02724634.1993.10011510. ISSN 0272-4634.