Toxolophosaurus

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Toxolophosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
(unranked):
Sauropsida
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Rhynchocephalia
Suborder:
Sphenodontia
(unranked):
Opisthodontia †
Tribe:
Eilenodontini †
Genus:
Toxolophosaurus † Olson, 1960[1][2]
Species
  • T. cloudi (type) Olson, 1960[2]

Toxolophosaurus was a Sphenodontid from the Early Cretaceous–age Kootenai Formation of Montana.[3]

Discovery

Toxolophosaurus cloudi was found by Olson in 1960[2] in the Kootenai Formation, 223.75 feet above the base of the Kootenai.[3]

Classification

Toxolophosaurus was named a member of Sphenodontidae by Michael Benton in 1985.[2] It is closely related to Priosphenodon and Eilenodon.

Diet

Toxolophosaurus was herbivorous, meaning that it ate only plants.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/3/586
  2. ^ a b c d http://paleobackup.nceas.ucsb.edu:8090/cgi-bin/bridge.pl
  3. ^ a b Everett C. Olson (May 1960). "A Trilophosaurid Reptile from the Kootenai Formation (Lower Cretaceous)". Journal of Paleontology. 34 (3): 551–555. JSTOR 1300954.


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