Reptilia - Rhynchosauria - Rhynchosauridae

Full reference: M. C. Langer and C. L. Schultz. 2000. A new species of the Late Triassic rhynchosaur Hyperodapedon from the Santa Maria Formation of south Brazil. Palaeontology 43(4):633-652

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

See also Langer et al. 2000 and Langer and Schultz 2000

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

Type specimen: UFRGS PV 0132T, a skull (nearly complete skull and mandible). Its type locality is Inhamandá 1, which is in a Carnian/Norian fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: planktonic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Inhamandá 1

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.