Rhynchosaurus

Rhynchosaurus; Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skull of Rhynchosaurus articeps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Order:	†Rhynchosauria
Family:	†Rhynchosauridae
Genus:	†Rhynchosaurus; Owen, 1842
Species
	†R. articeps Owen, 1842 (type);

Rhynchosaurus (beaked lizard) is a genus of rhynchosaur that lived during the Middle Triassic Period. It lived in Europe. It was related to the archosaurs, but not within that group. The type species of Rhynchosaurus is R. articeps. Michael Benton named two additional species, R. spenceri and R. brodiei, but they were subsequently renamed Fodonyx and Langeronyx respectively.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Hone, David W. E.; Benton, Michael J. (2008). "A new genus of rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of south-west England". Palaeontology. 51 (1): 95–115. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00739.x.
^ Martín D. Ezcurra, Felipe Montefeltro and Richard J. Butler (2016). "The Early Evolution of Rhynchosaurs". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3: Article 142. doi:10.3389/fevo.2015.00142.

External links

Rhynchosaurus in the Paleobiology Database
Archosauromorpha at Paleofile

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[HB2008-1] Hone, David W. E.; Benton, Michael J. (2008). "A new genus of rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of south-west England". Palaeontology. 51 (1): 95–115. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00739.x.

[2] Martín D. Ezcurra, Felipe Montefeltro and Richard J. Butler (2016). "The Early Evolution of Rhynchosaurs". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3: Article 142. doi:10.3389/fevo.2015.00142.

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