Colobops noviportensis Pritchard et al. 2018 (rhynchocephalian)

Reptilia - Rhynchocephalia

Full reference: A. C. Pritchard, J. A. Gauthier, M. Hanson, G. S. Bever, and B.-A. S. Bhullar. 2018. A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus. Nature Communications 9:1213

Belongs to Colobops according to A. C. Pritchard et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM VPPU 18835, a skull. Its type locality is I-91/Rte 6a/Rte 15, Meriden, which is in a Norian terrestrial sandstone in the New Haven Formation of Connecticut.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at I-91/Rte 6a/Rte 15, Meriden

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