Teraterpeton

Teraterpeton
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 237–228 Ma
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: †Allokotosauria
Order: †Trilophosauria
Family: †Trilophosauridae
Genus: †Teraterpeton
Sues, 2003
Type species
†Teraterpeton hrynewichorum
Sues, 2003

Teraterpeton (meaning "wonderful creeping thing" in Greek) is an extinct genus of trilophosaurid[1] archosauromorphs. It is known from a partial skeleton from the Late Triassic Wolfville Formation of Nova Scotia, described in 2003. It has many unique features seen in no other related form, including an elongated, toothless snout and large openings for the nostrils. Because of this, Teraterpeton was originally placed in its own family, Teraterpetidae, related to Trilophosaurus.[2] Newer studies generally place it within Trilophosauridae.[1]

  1. ^ a b Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Flynn, John J.; Pritchard, Adam C.; Parrish, J. Michael; Ranivoharimanana, Lovasoa; Wyss, André R. (2015-12-07). "Postcranial Osteology of Azendohsaurus madagaskarensis (?Middle to Upper Triassic, Isalo Group, Madagascar) and its Systematic Position Among Stem Archosaur Reptiles" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 398: 1–126. doi:10.5531/sd.sp.15. hdl:2246/6624. ISSN 0003-0090.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference SH-D03 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).