†Hyperodapedon gordoni Huxley 1859 (rhynchosaur)

Reptilia - Rhynchosauria - Rhynchosauridae

Synonym: Stenometopon taylori Boulenger 1903

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

See also Benton 1983, Boulenger 1903, Langer et al. 2000 and Swinton 1934

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

Type specimens:

  • Hyperodapedon gordoni: ELGNM 1978.566, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lossiemouth West & East Quarries, Elgin, which is in a Carnian/Norian dune sandstone/sandstone in the Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Stenometopon taylori: BMNH R3141, a partial skull. Its type locality is Lossiemouth West & East Quarries, Elgin, which is in a Carnian/Norian dune sandstone/sandstone in the Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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