Trullidens

Trullidens
Temporal range: Late Triassic, Norian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Clade: Opisthodontia
Genus: Trullidens
Kligman et al., 2021
Type species
Trullidens purgatorii
Kligman et al., 2021

Trullidens is an extinct genus of sphenodontian from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Colorado, United States. The type species is Trullidens purgatorii. It is known from a single lower jaw. The morphology of the teeth suggests that it was herbivorous, and a member of the clade Opisthodontia.[1]

  1. ^ Kligman, Ben T.; McClure, Warren C.; Korbitz, Mark; Schumacher, Bruce A. (July 2021). "New sphenodontian (Reptilia: Lepidosauria) from a novel Late Triassic paleobiota in western North America sheds light on the earliest radiation of herbivorous lepidosaurs". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (4): 827–844. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.22. hdl:10919/106674. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 233518270.