Ricnodon

Ricnodon
Temporal range: Carboniferous, 318.1–306.95 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Microsauria
Family: †Hapsidopareiidae
Genus: †Ricnodon
Fritsch, 1883

Ricnodon is an extinct genus of microsaur within the family Hapsidopareiidae.[1] The genus name means ‘wrinkled tooth’ from Ancient Greek ῥικνός and odôn. The specific name honors Edward Drinker Cope.[2]

References

  1. ^ Carroll, Robert (January 1966). "Microsaurs from the Westphalian B of Joggins, Nova Scotia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 177: 63–97. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1966.tb00952.x.
  2. ^ Anton Fritsch. 1879-1901. Fauna der Gaskohle und der Kalksteine der Permformation Böhmens, vier Teile, Prague.


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