Biology:Centemodon
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | †Phytosauria |
| Genus: | †Centemodon Lea, 1856 |
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| †Centemodon sulcatus Lea, 1856[1]
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Centemodon (meaning "point tooth") is an extinct genus of basal[2] phytosaur from the Late Triassic Period. It lived in what is now Pennsylvania, United States .[2] It is classified as a nomen dubium.[3] It was found in the Red Sandstone Formation near the Schuyklill River.[4] Centemodon may have been related to Suchoprion. It was a small phytosaur, weighing no more than 200 kilograms (440 lb) when fully grown.[2]
Discovery and naming
Sometime before the Bone Wars, a palaeontologist known as Dr. Leo (surname unknown) discovered several fossil fragmentary teeth that later became the Centemodon holotype.[2] When Leo described the fragments, he was unsure of what they belonged to, and Leo did not name the fragments. They were eventually named in 1856 by Isaac Lea.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lea, I. 1856. Description of Centemodon sulcatus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: pp. 77-78.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Centemodon: Prehistoric World". http://m.prehistoric-world7.webnode.cz/news/centemodon/.
- ↑ Centemodon in the Dinosaur On-Line Omnipedia
- ↑ Centemodon at Paleofile.org
Wikidata ☰ Q5059062 entry
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