Dinodontosaurus
Extinct genus of dicynodonts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dinodontosaurus (meaning "terrible-toothed lizard") is a genus of dicynodont therapsid. It was medium to large dicynodont of the Triassic (with skull up to 40 centimetres (16 in) long[1]) and had a beak corneum. It lived in the Middle Triassic but disappeared in the Upper Triassic.
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Mounted Dinodontosaurus skeleton | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
Clade: | †Kannemeyeriiformes |
Genus: | †Dinodontosaurus Romer, 1943 |
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†Dinodontosaurus oliveirai Romer, 1943 [Junior synonym] | |
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