Diphydontosaurus avonis Whiteside 1986 (lepidosaur)

Reptilia - Eosuchia

Full reference: D. I. Whiteside. 1986. The head skeleton of the Rhaetian sphenodontid Diphydontosaurus avonis gen. et sp. nov. and the modernizing of a living fossil. Philisophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 312:379-430

Belongs to Diphydontosaurus according to C. J. Duffin 1995

See also Whiteside 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BU 23760, a mandible (right dentary). Its type locality is Tytherington Quarry, Fissure 2 (Bristol Channel), which is in a Carnian fissure fill limestone/marl in the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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