Supradapedon

Supradapedon is an extinct genus of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur from mid-late Triassic deposits of Tanganyika Territory, Tanzania. It is known from the holotype SAM-11704. The holotype and only specimen of Supradapedon was first assigned to a species of Scaphonyx (now considered to be a nomen dubium), Scaphonyx stockleyi.[1] This species was reassigned to its own genus by Sankar Chatterjee in 1980 and the type species is Supradapedon stockleyi.[2] One study, Langer et al. (2000), concluded that Supradapedon is a synonym of Hyperodapedon and referred it to Hyperodapedon sp.[3] However, the provisional validity of this genus has been commonly accepted since.[4][5][6]

Supradapedon
Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Rhynchosauria
Family: †Rhynchosauridae
Subfamily: †Hyperodapedontinae
Genus: †Supradapedon
Chatterjee, 1980
Species
  • †S. stockleyi (Boonstra, 1953) (type)
Synonyms

References
  1. Boonstra, D.D. (1953). "A note on some rhyncosaurian remains from Tanganyika territory". Annals of the South African Museum. 42 (1): 1–4.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Sankar Chatterjee (1980). "The evolution of Rhyncosaurs". Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. 139: 57–65.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. M. Langer, M. Boniface, G. Cuny and L. Barbieri (2000). "The phylogenetic position of Isalorhynchus genovefae, a Late Triassic rhynchosaur from Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie. 86 (2): 101–127. doi:10.1016/s0753-3969(00)80002-6.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. Langer, M. C. (1996). "Rincossauros sul-brasileiros: histórico e filogenia". Dissertação de Mestrado não publicada, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
  5. Felipe Chinaglia Montefeltro (2008). Inter-relações filogenéticas dos rincossauros (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha). Unpublished Thesis, Biology Department, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto. p. 203.
  6. David W. E. Hone and Michael J. Benton (2008). "A new genus of Rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of South-West England". Palaeontology. 51 (1): 95–115. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00739.x.


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