Bentonyx

Bentonyx
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Rhynchosauria
Family: †Rhynchosauridae
Clade: †Hyperodapedontidae
Genus: †Bentonyx
Langer et al., 2010
Species
  • †B. sidensis Langer et al., 2010 (type)

Bentonyx (meaning "Michael J. Bentons' claw") is an extinct genus of rhynchosaur from the middle Triassic epoch of Devon in England.[1] Its fossil, a well preserved skull, BRSUG 27200, was discovered in Otter Sandstone Formation (late Anisian age) and was first assigned to Rhynchosaurus spenceri, that is known from 25 specimens. This species was reassigned to its own genus, Fodonyx, that described by David W. E. Hone and Michael J. Benton in 2008.[2] More recently, this skull was reassigned to this genus by Max C. Langer, Felipe C. Montefeltro, David E. Hone, Robin Whatley and Cesar L. Schultz in 2010 and the type species is Bentonyx sidensis.[1]

Cladogram based on Ezcurra et al. (2016):[3]

Rhynchosauria


Mesosuchus


Howesia

Rhynchosauridae

Rhynchosaurus


Hyperodapedontidae

Stenaulorhynchinae


Mariante rhynchosaur

Stenaulorhynchus


Langeronyx


Bentonyx


Fodonyx


Hyperodapedontinae


Isalorhynchus


Teyumbaita

Hyperodapedon











References

  1. 1 2 Max C. Langer; Felipe C. Montefeltro; David E. Hone; Robin Whatley; Cesar L. Schultz (2010). "On Fodonyx spenceri and a new rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of Devon". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (6): 1884–1888. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.521901.
  2. ↑ David W. E. Hone & 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.
  3. ↑ Martin D. Ezcurra; Felipe C. Montefeltro; Richard J. Butler (2016). "The Early Evolution of Rhynchosaurs". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 3: 142. doi:10.3389/fevo.2015.00142.


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