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Toxolophosaurus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
Sphenodontia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rhynchocephalia

Tribe
  
†Eilenodontini

Toxolophosaurus was a Sphenodontid from the Early Cretaceous-age Kootenai Formation of Montana.

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Discovery

Toxolophosaurus cloudi was found by Olson in 1960 in the Kootenai Formation, 223.75 feet above the base of the Kootenai.

Classification

Toxolophosaurus was placed in Sphenodontidae by Michael Benton in 1985. It is closely related to Priosphenodon and Eilenodon.

Diet

Toxolophosaurus was herbivorous.

References

Toxolophosaurus Wikipedia