Agkistrognathus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agkistrognathus is an extinct genus of thalattosaurian which lived in the early to middle Triassic of British Columbia, Canada. There is only one species known in this genus, Agkistrognathus campbelli. The genus name translates to "hook jaw" while the species name refers to Bob Campbell, who discovered the only known specimen.[1]
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Agkistrognathus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Thalattosauria |
Family: | †Thalattosauridae |
Genus: | †Agkistrognathus Nicholls, 1993 |
Type species | |
†Agkistrognathus campbelli Nicholls, 1993 |
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