Rugarhynchos

Ru-gah-rin-kos.

By John Stewart

Published on July 8, 2012

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Name

Rugarhynchos.

Phonetic

Ru-gah-rin-kos.

Named By

B.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Wynd,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Nesbitt,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Stocker‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Heckert‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Archosauromorpha,‭ ‬Proterochampsia,‭ ‬Doswelliidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

R.‭ ‬sixmilensis‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬New Mexico‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bluewater Creek Formation.

Time Period

Late Triassic.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and‭ ‬post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

Originally named as a species of Doswellia,‭ ‬Rugarhynchos is a genus of proterochampsian archosauromorph that lived in North America during the late Triassic.‭ ‬Rugarhynchos is noted for the shortness of its snout when compared to other doswelliids.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A new species of the enigmatic archosauromorph Doswellia from the Upper Triassic Bluewater Creek Formation,‭ ‬New Mexico,‭ ‬USA.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontology.‭ ‬55‭ (‬6‭)‬:‭ ‬1333‭–‬1348.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Andrew B.‭ ‬Heckert,‭ ‬Spencer G.‭ ‬Lucas‭ & ‬Spielmann‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

-‭ ‬A detailed description of Rugarhynchos sixmilensis,‭ ‬gen.‭ ‬et comb.‭ ‬nov.‭ (‬Archosauriformes,‭ ‬Proterochampsia‭)‬,‭ ‬and cranial convergence in snout elongation across stem and crown archosaurs.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1748042:1-23.‭ ‬-‭ ‬B.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Wynd,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Nesbitt,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Stocker‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Heckert‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.