Teraterpeton
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Teraterpeton (meaning "wonderful creeping thing" in Greek) is an extinct genus of trilophosaurid[1] archosauromorphs. It is known from a partial skeleton from the Late Triassic Wolfville Formation of Nova Scotia, described in 2003. It has many unique features seen in no other related form, including an elongated, toothless snout and large openings for the nostrils. Because of this, Teraterpeton was originally placed in its own family, Teraterpetidae, related to Trilophosaurus.[2] Newer studies generally place it within Trilophosauridae.[1]
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Teraterpeton | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | †Allokotosauria |
Order: | †Trilophosauria |
Family: | †Trilophosauridae |
Genus: | †Teraterpeton Sues, 2003 |
Type species | |
†Teraterpeton hrynewichorum Sues, 2003 |
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