Kraterokheirodon
Extinct genus of tetrapods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kraterokheirodon ("cupped hand tooth") is an extinct genus of enigmatic tetrapod, that was possibly an amniote, from the Late Triassic Chinle Formation of Arizona. The type and only species is K. colberti. Although it is known only from two large teeth, their shape is so unlike those of any other animal that Kraterokheirodon cannot definitively be classified under any known group of tetrapods. Its discovery also indicates that our understanding of Late Triassic tetrapod diversity is still incomplete, with Kraterokheirodon representing an otherwise unknown lineage of large tetrapod in western North America.
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Kraterokheirodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Reptiliomorpha |
Clade: | Amniota |
Clade: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Kraterokheirodon Irmis & Parker, 2005 |
Species: | †K. colberti |
Binomial name | |
†Kraterokheirodon colberti Irmis & Parker, 2005 | |
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