†Micromenodon pitti Sues and Schoch 2021 (lepidosaur)
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Full reference: H.-D. Sues and R. R. Schoch. 2021. A new early-diverging sphenodontian (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology 95(2):344-350
Belongs to Micromenodon according to H.-D. Sues and R. R. Schoch 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM PAL 770096, a maxilla (a nearly complete right maxilla with six teeth). Its type locality is USNM locality 39981, which is in a Tuvalian lacustrine - small mudstone in the Vinita Formation of Virginia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at USNM locality 39981
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