Rhombopholis

Rhombopholis
Temporal range: Anisian, Middle Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Genus: Rhombopholis
Owen, 1866
Type species
Rhombopholis scutulata
Owen, 1842
Synonyms

Rhombopholis is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile known from England. The type species of Rhombopholis is Rhombopholis scutulata. Specimens of this genus were collected from the Leamington quarry, near Warwick. This locality belongs to the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation, which is dated to the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic, approximately 245 million years ago.[1]

  1. ^ J. Benton, Michael; D. Walker, Alick (September 1996). "Rhombopholis, a prolacertiform reptile from the Middle Triassic of England" (PDF). Palaeontology. 39 (3): 763–782.