Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Alternative spellings: Rhytidiodon, Rhytidodon
Synonym: Metarhinus Jaekel 1910
Full reference: E. Emmons. 1856. Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina xx-351
Parent taxon: Mystriosuchinae according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2016
See also Carroll 1988, Case 1922, Charig 1967, Colbert and Chafee 1941, Doyle and Sues 1995, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1922, Hunt and Lucas 1989, Kuhn 1964, Long and Murry 1995, Lull 1915, Lull 1917, Mehl 1916, Parrish 1993, Parrish and Carpenter 1986, Sereno 1991, Stocker 2010, Stocker and Butler 2013 and Watson 1917
Sister taxa: Angistorhinus, Brachysuchus, Leptosuchomorpha, Protome, Volcanosuchus, Phytosaurinae
Subtaxa: Palaeonornis Palaeonornis struthionoides Rutiodon carolinensis
Type: Rutiodon carolinensis
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), United States (20: Arizona, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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