Psephosauriscus

Psephosauriscus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 245–237 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Placodontia
Superfamily:	†Cyamodontoidea
Genus:	†Psephosauriscus Rieppel, 2002
Species
†P. mosis (Brotzen, 1957 [originally Psephosaurus mosis) (type) †P. ramonensis Rieppel, 2002 †?P. rhombifer (Haas, 1959 [originally Psephosaurus rhombifer]) †P. sinaiticus (Haas, 1959 [originally Psephosaurus sinaiticus])

Psephosauriscus is an extinct genus of placodont reptile from the Middle Triassic of Israel and Egypt. It is known from bony armor plates that have been found from Makhtesh Ramon in Israel's Negev desert and Araif en Naqua on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The genus was erected in 2002 as a replacement name for several species of the genus Psephosaurus, which was named in 1957. It includes the species P. mosis, P. ramonensis, P. sinaiticus, and a possible fourth species, P. rhombifer. All species, with the exception of P. ramonensis, were once assigned to the genus Psephosaurus. Remains of P. mosis and P. ramonensis were found in Makhtesh Ramon, while P. sinaiticus and P. rhombifer were found in Araif en Naqua.^[1]