| Basutodon Temporal range: Late Triassic, ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Suchia |
| Genus: | † Basutodon von Huene, 1932 |
| Species: | †B. ferox |
| Binomial name | |
| †Basutodon ferox von Huene, 1932 | |
Basutodon was a genus of suchian archosaur from the late Carnian-early Norian-age Upper Triassic Lower Elliot Formation of Lesotho. [1] The type species is B. ferox.
The holotype is a single tooth that was discovered alongside the remains of Euskelosaurus browni in the upper Elliot Formation, Lesotho. The species Basutodon ferox was named and described by von Huene (1932). [1]
"Likhoelesaurus ingens", an undescribed archosauriform from the Lower Elliot Formation of South Africa, [2] may have been the same animal as Basutodon ferox. [3] [4]
Basutodon was once classified as a prosauropod, as with Teratosaurus or as a synonym of Euskelosaurus . It was probably neither of these things, though, and is much more likely to be a dubious non-dinosaur. [5]
Basutodon is currently listed as a basal member of Suchia, [3] although Tolchard et al. (2019) suggested that Basutodon may belong to Rauisuchia. [6]
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