Supradapedon

Supradapedon
Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Order: †Rhynchosauria
Family: †Rhynchosauridae
Subfamily: †Hyperodapedontinae
Genus: †Supradapedon
Chatterjee, 1980
Species
  • †S. stockleyi (Boonstra, 1953) (type)
Synonyms

Supradapedon is an extinct genus of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur from mid-late Triassic deposits of Tanganyika Territory, Tanzania. It is known from the holotype SAM-11704. The holotype and only specimen of Supradapedon was first assigned to a species of Scaphonyx (now considered to be a nomen dubium), Scaphonyx stockleyi.[1] This species was reassigned to its own genus by Sankar Chatterjee in 1980 and the type species is Supradapedon stockleyi.[2] One study, Langer et al. (2000), concluded that Supradapedon is a synonym of Hyperodapedon and referred it to Hyperodapedon sp.[3] However, the provisional validity of this genus has been commonly accepted since.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Boonstra, D.D. (1953). "A note on some rhyncosaurian remains from Tanganyika territory". Annals of the South African Museum. 42 (1): 1–4.
  2. ^ Sankar Chatterjee (1980). "The evolution of Rhyncosaurs". Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. 139: 57–65.
  3. ^ M. Langer; M. Boniface; G. Cuny; L. Barbieri (2000). "The phylogenetic position of Isalorhynchus genovefae, a Late Triassic rhynchosaur from Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie. 86 (2): 101–127. Bibcode:2000AnPal..86..101L. doi:10.1016/s0753-3969(00)80002-6.
  4. ^ Langer, M. C. (1996). "Rincossauros sul-brasileiros: histórico e filogenia". Dissertação de Mestrado não publicada, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
  5. ^ Felipe Chinaglia Montefeltro (2008). Inter-relações filogenéticas dos rincossauros (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha). Unpublished Thesis, Biology Department, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto. p. 203.
  6. ^ David W. E. Hone and Michael J. Benton (2008). "A new genus of Rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of South-West England". Palaeontology. 51 (1): 95–115. Bibcode:2008Palgy..51...95H. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00739.x. S2CID 85568391.