Planocephalosaurus

Planocephalosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Skull diagram of Planocephalosaurus robinsonae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Suborder: Sphenodontia
Genus: †Planocephalosaurus
Fraser, 1982[1]
Species
  • P. robinsonae † Fraser, 1982
  • P. lucasi † Heckert, 2004

Planocephalosaurus is an extinct genus of basal rhynchocephalian. Fossils of the genus are primarily known from fissure fill deposits from the Late Triassic of southwest Britain, with fragmentary remains possibly belonging to the genus also known from the Late Triassic of Texas.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fraser 1982 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).