Eilenodon robustus Rasmussen and Callison 1981 (lepidosaur)

Reptilia - Eosuchia - Sphenodontidae

Full reference: T. E. Rasmussen and G. Callison. 1981. A new herbivorous sphenodontid (Rhynchocephalia: Reptilia) from the Jurassic of Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 55(5):1109-1116

Belongs to Eilenodon according to T. E. Rasmussen and G. Callison 1981

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LACM 120462, a partial skeleton (Both right and left posterior halves of mandibles; including ten teeth on left mandible and seven on right mandible; right quadrate. There are also associated s). Its type locality is 4.8 km WSW of Fruita, FPA, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian alluvial fan siltstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at 4.8 km WSW of Fruita, FPA

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