Supradapedon
Name:
Supradapedon.
Phonetic: Su-pra-dap-e-don.
Named By: Sankar Chatterjee - 1980.
Synonyms: Scaphonyx stockleyi.
Classification: Chordata, Archosauromorpha,
Rhynchosauria, Hyperodapedontidae, Hyperodapedontinae.
Species: S. stockleyi (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Tanzania.
Time period: Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Supradapedon is a little known genus of rhynchosaur that lived in Tanzania during the Triassic. A study published in 2000 made the suggestion that Supradapedon should be synonymised with Hyperodepedon, but later studies since this time continue to list Supradapedon as a distinct genus.
Further reading
- A note on some rhyncosaurian remains from Tanganyika territory.
- Annals of South Africa Museum 42 (1): 1–4. - D.
D. Boonstra - 1953.
- The evolution of Rhyncosaurs. - Mémoires de la Société
Géologique de France 139: 57–65. - Sankar Chatterjee -
1980.
- The phylogenetic position of Isalorhynchus genovefae,
a Late
Triassic rhynchosaur from Madagascar. - Annales de Paléontologie
86 (2): 101–127. - M. Langer, M. Boniface, G.
Cuny & L. Barbieri - 2000.
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