Centemodon

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Centemodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 221–218  Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order:† Phytosauria
Genus:† Centemodon
Lea, 1856
Type species
†Centemodon sulcatus
Lea, 1856 [1]
Synonyms

Centemodon (meaning "point tooth") is an extinct genus of basal [2] phytosaur from the Late Triassic Period. It lived in what is now Pennsylvania, United States. [2] It is classified as a nomen dubium . [3] It was found in the Red Sandstone Formation near the Schuyklill River. [4] Centemodon may have been related to Suchoprion . It was a small phytosaur, weighing no more than 200 kilograms (440 lb) when fully grown. [2]

Discovery and naming

Sometime before the Bone Wars, a palaeontologist known as Dr. Leo (surname unknown) discovered several fossil fragmentary teeth that later became the Centemodon holotype. [2] When Leo described the fragments, he was unsure of what they belonged to, and Leo did not name the fragments. They were eventually named in 1856 by Isaac Lea. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lea, I. 1856. Description of Centemodon sulcatus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: pp. 77-78.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Centemodon: Prehistoric World". m.prehistoric-world7.webnode.cz.
  3. ↑ Centemodon in the Dinosaur On-Line Omnipedia
  4. ↑ Centemodon at Paleofile.org


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