Whitakersaurus

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Whitakersaurus
Temporal range: Upper Triassic[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Sauropsida
Subclass:
Diapsida
Infraclass:
Lepidosauria
Order:
Sphenodontia
Genus:
†Whitakersaurus
Species
  • †W. bermani Heckert et al, 2008

Whitakersaurus is a genus of rhynchocephalian reptile dated to be late Triassic in age and is from the Ghost Ranch fossil quarry in New Mexico, USA.[1]

Dentition

Like its relatives Planocephalosaurus and Diphydontosaurus it possesses a mix of dental implantations. It it posteriorly acrodont and anteriorly pleurodont.

References

  1. ^ a b Heckert, A.B.; Lucas, S.G.; Rinehart, L.F.; Hunt, A.P. (2008). "A new genus and species of sphenodontian from the Ghost Ranch Coelophysis Quarry (Upper Triassic: Apachean), Rock Point Formation, New Mexico, USA". Palaeontology. 51 (4): 827–845. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00786.x.
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