Hyperodepedon

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iHyperodepedon
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Order: Rhynchosauria
Family: Rhynchosauridae
Subfamily: Hyperdapedontinae
Genus: Hyperodepedon
Huxley, 1859
Species
  • H. huenei
  • H. mariensis
  • H. huxleyi
  • H. gordoni
  • H. fischeri
  • H. sanjuanensis
Hyperodepedon
Type reptile, archosaur
Length 4 ft 4 in (1,30 m)
Weight approx. 20 kg
Movement quadruped
Age 215 million years ago
Diet herbivore
Distribution India, Europe, Russia and South America.

Hyperodepedon was a rhynchosaur (a beaked, archosaur-like reptile) from the Triassic Period. "Scaphonyx", once thought to be a dinosaur, is now known to be based on material from a specimen of Hyperodepedon, making the name "Scaphonyx" an invalid junior synonym.

Hyperodepedon is known from several species and has been found in many areas of the world, due to the continents being joined together in the supercontinent Pangaea during the Triassic. Fossils from the various species have been identified from South America, Russia, Europe, and India.

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