Smilodonterpeton

Smilodonterpeton; Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	† Parareptilia
Order:	† Procolophonomorpha
Family:	† Procolophonidae
Genus:	† Smilodonterpeton ; Skinner, Whiteside & Benton, 2020
Type species
	†Smilodonterpeton ruthinensis; Skinner, Whiteside & Benton, 2020

Last updated May 24, 2025

Smilodonterpeton is an extinct genus of procolophonid from the Late Triassic of the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, Smilodonterpeton ruthinensis.^[1]

References

↑ Skinner, Matthew; Whiteside, David I.; Benton, Michael J. (2020-10-01). "Late Triassic island dwarfs? Terrestrial tetrapods of the Ruthin fissure (South Wales, UK) including a new genus of procolophonid" . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 131 (5): 535–561. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.04.005. ISSN 0016-7878. S2CID 221878712.

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[1] Skinner, Matthew; Whiteside, David I.; Benton, Michael J. (2020-10-01). "Late Triassic island dwarfs? Terrestrial tetrapods of the Ruthin fissure (South Wales, UK) including a new genus of procolophonid" . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 131 (5): 535–561. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.04.005. ISSN 0016-7878. S2CID 221878712.

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