Hyperodapedon huxleyi Lydekker 1881 (rhynchosaur)

Reptilia - Rhynchosauria - Rhynchosauridae

Alternative combination: Paradapedon huxleyi

Synonym: Paradapedon indicus Huene 1940

Belongs to Hyperodapedon according to D. Mukherjee and S. Ray 2015

See also Benton 1983, Chatterjee 1974, Huene 1940, Huene 1942, Jain 1990 and Langer et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Cephalonia lotziana, Hyperodapedon gordoni, Hyperodapedon huenei, Hyperodapedon mariensis, Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis, Hyperodapedon stockleyi, Hyperodapedon tikiensis, Scaphonyx, Scaphonyx australis, Scaphonyx fischeri

Type specimens:

  • Hyperodapedon huxleyi: GSI 281/1a (lectotype, designated by Chatterjee, 1974), a maxilla (right maxillary tooth plate). Its type locality is Maleri village (GSI), which is in a Carnian/Norian fluvial claystone in the Lower Maleri Formation of India.
  • Paradapedon indicus: Its type locality is Maleri village (GSI), which is in a Carnian/Norian fluvial claystone in the Lower Maleri Formation of India.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of India (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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