Supradapedon is an extinctgenus of hyperodapedontinerhynchosaur from mid-late Triassic deposits of Tanganyika Territory, Tanzania. It is known from the holotypeSAM-11704. The holotype and only specimen of Supradapedon was first assigned to a species of Scaphonyx (now considered to be a nomen dubium), Scaphonyx stockleyi.[1] This species was reassigned to its own genus by Sankar Chatterjee in 1980 and the type species is Supradapedon stockleyi.[2] One study, Langer et al. (2000), concluded that Supradapedon is a synonym of Hyperodapedon and referred it to Hyperodapedon sp.[3] However, the provisional validity of this genus has been commonly accepted since.[4][5][6]
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^M. Langer; M. Boniface; G. Cuny; L. Barbieri (2000). "The phylogenetic position of Isalorhynchus genovefae, a Late Triassic rhynchosaur from Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie. 86 (2): 101–127. Bibcode:2000AnPal..86..101L. doi:10.1016/s0753-3969(00)80002-6.
^Langer, M. C. (1996). "Rincossauros sul-brasileiros: histórico e filogenia". Dissertação de Mestrado não publicada, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
^Felipe Chinaglia Montefeltro (2008). Inter-relações filogenéticas dos rincossauros (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha). Unpublished Thesis, Biology Department, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto. p. 203.
