Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus Chowdhury 1970 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Full reference: T. R. Chowdhury. 1970. Two new dicynodonts from the Triassic Yerrapalli Formation of central India. Palaeontology 13:133-144

Belongs to Rechnisaurus according to C. B. Cox 1991

See also Bandyopadhyay 1989 and Chowdhury 1970

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ISI R37, a skull. Its type locality is Rechni, which is in an Anisian terrestrial claystone in the Yerrapalli Formation of India.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of India (1 collection), Tanzania (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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