Penegephyrosaurus

Penegephyrosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic, Rhaetian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Family: †Gephyrosauridae
Genus: †Penegephyrosaurus
Whiteside & Duffin, 2017
Type species
†Penegephyrosaurus curtiscoppi
Whiteside & Duffin, 2017

Penegephyrosaurus is an extinct genus of early rhynchocephalian from the Late Triassic of the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, Penegephyrosaurus curtiscoppi. It is only known from a partial lower jaw. It is considered one of the most basal known rhynchocephalians and is placed as part of the family Gephyrosauridae.[1]

References

  1. ^ Whiteside, David I.; Duffin, Christopher J. (2017-03-01). "Late Triassic terrestrial microvertebrates from Charles Moore's 'Microlestes' quarry, Holwell, Somerset, UK". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179 (3): 677–705. doi:10.1111/zoj.12458. ISSN 0024-4082.


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