Biology:Rhynchosaurus

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Rhynchosaurus (beaked lizard) is a genus of rhynchosaur that lived during the Middle Triassic period. It lived in Europe. It was related to the archosaurs, but not within that group. The type species of Rhynchosaurus is R. articeps. Michael Benton named two additional species, R. spenceri and R. brodiei, but they were subsequently renamed Fodonyx and Langeronyx respectively.[1][2] Fossils of Rhynchosaurus have been found in the Tarporley Siltstone Formation (Mercia Mudstone Group) and possibly the Sherwood Sandstone Group of the United Kingdom.[3]

Phylogeny

Cladogram based on Ezcurra et al., 2016:[4]

Rhynchosauria

Noteosuchus

Mesosuchus

Howesia

Eohyosaurus

Rhynchosauridae

Rhynchosaurus

Stenaulorhynchinae

Mariante rhynchosaur

Stenaulorhynchus

Langeronyx

Bentonyx

Fodonyx

Hyperodapedontinae

Isalorhynchus

Teyumbaita

Hyperodapedon

References

  1. Hone, David W. E.; Benton, Michael J. (2008). "A new genus of rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of south-west England". Palaeontology 51 (1): 95–115. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00739.x. Bibcode2008Palgy..51...95H. 
  2. Martín D. Ezcurra, Felipe Montefeltro and Richard J. Butler (2016). "The Early Evolution of Rhynchosaurs". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3: Article 142. doi:10.3389/fevo.2015.00142.
  3. Rhynchosaurus at Fossilworks.org
  4. Martin D. Ezcurra; Felipe C. Montefeltro; Richard J. Butler (2016). "The Early Evolution of Rhynchosaurs". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3: 142. doi:10.3389/fevo.2015.00142. 

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