Whitakersaurus
| Whitakersaurus Temporal range: Upper Triassic[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Infraclass: | Lepidosauria |
| Order: | Sphenodontia |
| Genus: | †Whitakersaurus |
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Whitakersaurus is a genus of rhynchocephalian reptile dated to be late Triassic in age and is from the Ghost Ranch fossil quarry in New Mexico, USA.[1]
Dentition
Like its relatives Planocephalosaurus and Diphydontosaurus it possesses a mix of dental implantations. It it posteriorly acrodont and anteriorly pleurodont.
References
- 1 2 Heckert, A.B.; Lucas, S.G.; Rinehart, L.F.; Hunt, A.P. (2008). "A new genus and species of sphenodontian from the Ghost Ranch Coelophysis Quarry (Upper Triassic: Apachean), Rock Point Formation, New Mexico, USA". Palaeontology. 51 (4): 827–845. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00786.x.
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