Diphydontosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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Skull of D. avonis in lateral view | |
Lombary specimen of Diphydontosaurus sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
Genus: | †Diphydontosaurus Whiteside, 1986 |
Species: | †D. avonis
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Binomial name | |
†Diphydontosaurus avonis Whiteside, 1986
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Diphydontosaurus is an extinct genus of small rhynchocephalian reptile from the Late Triassic of Europe. It is the most primitive known member of Sphenodontia.