Centemodon
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Centemodon (meaning "point tooth") is an extinct genus of basal[1] phytosaur from the Late Triassic Period. It lived in what is now Pennsylvania, United States.[1] It is classified as a nomen dubium.[2] It was found in the Red Sandstone Formation near the Schuyklill River.[3] Centemodon may have been related to Suchoprion. It was a small phytosaur, weighing no more than Template:Convert when fully grown.[1]
Discovery and naming
Sometime before the Bone Wars, a palaeontologist known as Dr. Leo (surname unknown) discovered several fossil fragmentary teeth that later became the Centemodon holotype.[1] When Leo described the fragments, he was unsure of what they belonged to, and Leo did not name the fragments. They were eventually named in 1856 by Isaac Lea.[4]
References
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- ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Centemodon in the Dinosaur On-Line Omnipedia
- ↑ Centemodon at Paleofile.org
- ↑ Lea, I. 1856. Description of Centemodon sulcatus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: pp. 77-78.