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Ankistrodon

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Not to be confused with the snake genus Agkistrodon.

Ankistrodon
Temporal range: Early Triassic, 251.902–247.2 Ma
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Holotype in (A) lateral and (B) posterior views, with (C) a cross section of a tooth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Family: †Proterosuchidae
Genus: †Ankistrodon
Huxley, 1865
Type species
†Ankistrodon indicus
Huxley, 1865
Synonyms
  • Epicampodon Lydekker, 1885
  • Epicampodon indicus (Huxley, 1865) Lydekker, 1885
  • Thecodontosaurus indicus (Huxley, 1865) Huene, 1908
  • Chasmatosaurus indicus (Huxley, 1865) Huene, 1942

Ankistrodon is an extinct genus of archosauriform known from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation of India. First thought to be a theropod dinosaur, it was later determined to be a proterosuchid. The type species is A. indicus, described by prolific British zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley in 1865.[1] One authority in the 1970s classified Ankistrodon as a senior synonym of Proterosuchus.[2]

References

  1. ^ T. H. Huxley. 1865. On a collection of vertebrate fossils from the Panchet rocks, Ranigunj, Bengal. Palaeontologia Indica 4:1-24
  2. ^ Romer, A.S. (1972). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XVI. Thecodont classification". Breviora. 395: 1–24.


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