†Diphydontosaurus avonis Whiteside 1986 (lepidosaur)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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