Reptilia - Parareptilia - Procolophonidae

Derivation of species name. Greek meaning from Ruthin, referring to the Ruthin Quarry where the fossils were discovered.

Full reference: M. Skinner, D. I. Whiteside, and M. J. Benton. 2020. Late Triassic island dwarfs? Terrestrial tetrapods of the Ruthin fissure (South Wales, UK) including a new genus of procolophonid. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 131(5):535-561

Belongs to Smilodonterpeton according to M. Skinner et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK PV R37469, a mandible (Two fragments of a partial right dentary). Its type locality is Ruthin Quarry, which is in a Rhaetian fissure fill limestone/sandstone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ruthin Quarry

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.