Bentonyx Langer et al. 2010 (rhynchosaur)

Reptilia - Rhynchosauria - Rhynchosauridae

Full reference: M. C. Langer, F. C. Montefeltro, D. W. E. Hone, R. L. Whatley, and C. L. Schultz. 2010. On Fodonyx spenceri and a new rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of Devon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1884-1888

Parent taxon: Rhynchosauridae according to M. D. Ezcurra et al. 2016

See also Langer et al. 2010 and Mukherjee and Ray 2015

Sister taxa: Fodonyx, Hyperodapedontinae, Langeronyx, Rhynchosaurinae, Rhynchosaurus, Stenaulorhynchinae

Subtaxa: Bentonyx sidensis

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Type: Bentonyx sidensis

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Pennington Point, 20 m east River Sid outfall, Fodonyx skull (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

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