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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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