Reiszorhinus

Name: Reiszorhinus.
Phonetic: Rhy-so-rhy-nus.
Named By: S.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Sumida,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Dodick,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Metcalf‭ & ‬G.‭ ‬Albright‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Eureptilia,‭ ‬Captorhinidae.
Species: R.‭ ‬olsoni‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Skull about‭ ‬11-12‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬Texas‭ ‬-‭ ‬Waggoner Ranch Formation.
Time period: Artinskian of the‭ ‬Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Reiszorhinus is a species of captorhinid reptile that lived in what is now‭ ‬Texas during the Permian.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Reiszorhinus olsoni,‭ ‬a New Single-Tooth-Rowed Captorhinid Reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭(‬3‭)‬:704-714.‭ ‬-‭ ‬S.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Sumida,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Dodick,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Metcalf‭ & ‬G.‭ ‬Albright‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

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