In Depth Eohyosaurus is a little known genus of rhynchosaur that lived in South Africa during the Triassic. As a rhynchosaur, Eohyosaurus would have been a squat quadrupedal herbivore that ate low growing plants. Further Reading - A new species of basal rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the … Read more
In Depth The establishment of Bentonyx as a genus actually began in 2008 when a species of Rhynchosaurus, R. spenceri was re-named as its own genus called Fodonyx. Further study into the fossils that went into establishing the Fodonyx genus found that one of the skulls was actually different. In 2010 this skull was split … Read more
In Depth Fodonyx is a genus of rynchosaur that lived in England during the early part of the Mid Triassic. The genus was born out of the decision to move a species of the Rhynchosaurus genus on the basis of differences from the type species that by todays taxonomic standards would warrant a new … Read more