Hypsognathus
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Hypsognathus (from Template:Langx Script error: No such module "lang"., 'height' and Template:Langx Script error: No such module "lang"., 'jaw') is an extinct genus of procolophonid parareptile from the Late Triassic of New Jersey, Connecticut, and Nova Scotia.[1]
Hypsognathus resembled a moderately sized lizard, with a length of Script error: No such module "convert"., although it was unrelated to modern lizards. Because of its broad teeth, Hypsognathus is thought to have been a herbivore. Its body is low and broad and it has a relatively short tail. Hypsognathus has some spikes on the side of its head, probably for protection against predators.[2]
Multiple specimens from the Magnesian Conglomerate of England that were discovered during the 1970s by Jeanne Evans were initially referred to cf. Hypsognathus in 2016[3] before being moved to a separate species, Hwiccewyrm trispiculum in 2023.[4]
References
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- ↑ Sues, H.-D., Olsen, P.E., Scott, D.M, and Spencer, P.S. (2000). "Cranial Osteology of Hypsognathus fenneri, a Latest Triassic Procolophonid Reptile from the Newark Supergroup of Eastern North America" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 20(2):275-284.
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