Stenaulorhynchus

Stenaulorhynchus
Temporal range: Anisian
~247–242 Ma
Stenaulorhynchus stockleyi on display at the Museum of Paleontology, Tübingen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Order: Rhynchosauria
Family: Rhynchosauridae
Subfamily: Stenaulorhynchinae
Genus: Stenaulorhynchus
Haughton, 1932
Species
  • S. stockleyi Haughton, 1932 (type)

Stenaulorhynchus (possibly meaning "narrow tube beak") is an extinct genus of hyperodapedontid rhynchosaur known from the Middle Triassic (late Anisian stage) deposits of Tanganyika Territory, Tanzania. It was found in the Lifua Member of the Manda Formation in the Karoo Supergroup. It was named and first described by Sidney Henry Haughton in 1932. The type species is Stenaulorhynchus stockleyi, a beaked herbivore measuring 1–6 meters in length.[1][2]

  1. ^ Sidney H. Haughton (1932). "On a collection of Karroo vertebrates from Tanganyika Territory". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 88 (1–4): 634–668. doi:10.1144/gsl.jgs.1932.088.01-04.22. S2CID 128417120.
  2. ^ Werning, Sarah; Nesbitt, Sterling J. (2016). "Bone histology and growth in Stenaulorhynchus stockleyi (Archosauromorpha: Rhynchosauria) from the Middle Triassic of the Ruhuhu Basin of Tanzania". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 15 (1): 163–175. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.03.004.