| Ingentidens Temporal range: Upper Permian, Roadian |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| (unranked): | Reptiliomorpha |
| Suborder: | †Chroniosuchia |
| Family: | †Chroniosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Ingentidens Li & Cheng, 1999 |
| Species | |
Ingentidens is an extinct genus of chroniosuchid reptiliomorph from upper Permian (upper Roadian age) mudstone deposits of Dashankou locality, Xidagou Formation of China.[1] It was first named by Jin-Ling Li and Zheng-Wu Cheng in 1999, from a mandible (IGCAGS V 363). The type species is Ingentidens corridoricus. The generic name means “large” (Inget in Latin) + “tooth” (dens), and the specific name referring to the region of Gansu, the Hexi Corridor where the type specmen was found.[1]