Mesodapedon

Mesodapedon; Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Order:	† Rhynchosauria
Family:	† Rhynchosauridae
Subfamily:	† Stenaulorhynchinae
Genus:	† Mesodapedon ; Chatterjee, 1980
Species
	† M. kuttyi Chatterjee, 1980 (type);

Last updated March 31, 2025

Mesodapedon is an extinct genus of hyperodapedontid rhynchosaur from middle Triassic (Anisian stage) deposits of India. It is known from the holotype ISIR-300 and from the paratype ISIR-301 from the Yerrapalli Formation. It was first named by Sankar Chatterjee in 1980 and the type species is Mesodapedon kuttyi.^[1] It is extremely closely related to the Tanzanian Stenaulorhynchus and even was considered to be its synonym.^[2]

References

↑ Sankar Chatterjee (1980). "The evolution of Rhyncosaurs". Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. 139: 57–65.
↑ David M. Dilkes (1998). "The Early Triassic rhynchosaur Mesosuchus browni and the interrelationships of basal archosauromorph reptiles". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 353 (1368): 501–541. doi:10.1098/rstb.1998.0225. PMC 1692244 .

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[Mesodapedon-1] Sankar Chatterjee (1980). "The evolution of Rhyncosaurs". Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. 139: 57–65.

[Mesosuchus98-2] David M. Dilkes (1998). "The Early Triassic rhynchosaur Mesosuchus browni and the interrelationships of basal archosauromorph reptiles". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 353 (1368): 501–541. doi:10.1098/rstb.1998.0225. PMC 1692244 .

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