Smilodonterpeton

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Smilodonterpeton
Temporal range: Late Triassic
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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

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

References

  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.