Biology:Opisthodontosaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Opisthodontosaurus
Temporal range: Early Permian
Opisthodontosaurus carrolli Reisz et al., 2015.jpg
Jaw
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: Captorhinidae
Genus: Opisthodontosaurus
Reisz et al., 2015
Type species
Opisthodontosaurus carrolli
Reisz et al., 2015

Opisthodontosaurus is an extinct genus of captorhinid reptile from the Early Permian of Oklahoma. The type species Opisthodontosaurus carrolli was named in 2015 on the basis of several articulated skeletons from the Dolese Brothers Limestone Quarry near Richards Spur. Before the description of these skeletons, the jaws and teeth of Opisthodontosaurus carrolli were thought to belong to a species of lepospondyl amphibian called Euryodus primus. Although captorhinid reptiles and lepospondyl amphibians are distantly related, the two species show a remarkable degree of evolutionary convergence in their dental anatomy. Both were likely durophagous, eating hard-shelled invertebrates.[1]

References

  1. Reisz, R. R.; Leblanc, Aaron R. H.; Sidor, Christian A.; Scott, Diane; May, William (2015). "A new captorhinid reptile from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma showing remarkable dental and mandibular convergence with microsaurian tetrapods". The Science of Nature 102 (9–10): 50. doi:10.1007/s00114-015-1299-y. PMID 26289932. Bibcode2015SciNa.102...50R. 

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