Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Species †R. heatoni | Phylum Chordata Family †Captorhinidae Rank Genus | |
Similar Thuringothyris, Labidosaurikos, Reiszorhinus, Protorothyrididae, Brouffia | ||
Rhiodenticulatus is an extinct genus of Early Permian captorinid known from Rio Arriba County, New Mexico of the United States.
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Description
Rhiodenticulatus is known from the holotype UCMP 35757, three-dimensionally preserved nearly complete skull and postcranial elements, and from the referred specimens, which come from a second individual, UCMP 40209 and UCMP 40210. All specimens were collected in the Camp Quarry (UCMP V-2814 locality), from the Cutler Formation of New Mexico, dating to the Sakmarian stage of the early Cisuralian Series.
Etymology
Rhiodenticulatus was first named by David S. Berman and Robert R. Reisz in 1986 and the type species is Rhiodenticulatus heatoni. The generic name is derived from Greek, meaning "nose with small teeth". The specific name honors the paleontologist Malcolm J. Heaton.