Variodens
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Variodens is an extinct genus of trilophosaur. Fossils have been found from the Emborough Quarries in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, England. These fossils have been uncovered from a Late Triassic fissure fill within Carboniferous-age limestone.[1] The type and only known species is V. inopinatus, named in 1957.[2]
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Variodens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | †Allokotosauria |
Order: | †Trilophosauria |
Family: | †Trilophosauridae |
Genus: | †Variodens Robinson, 1957 |
Type species | |
†Variodens inopinatus Robinson, 1957 |
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