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Priosphenodon is an extinct,
large herbiviorous eilenodontine rhynchocephalian known from the mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian) of Argentina. It is one...
- long snake-like
bodies and
reduced limbs, the
specialized herbivorous eilenodontines, as well as the
sapheosaurs which had
broad tooth plates indicative...
- carnivorous, the
diversity of the
group also
included the
herbivorous eilenodontines, and
there were
other rhynchocephalians with
specialised ecologies like...
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diversity of forms,
including the
aquatic pleurosaurs and the
herbivorous eilenodontines. The
earliest members of Sphenodontinae, the
clade which includes the...
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dentary An
eilenodontine rhynchocephalian Patagosphenos P.
watuku Disarticulated skull with
shoulder and limb
fragments An
eilenodontine rhynchocephalian...
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Several fragmentary skull, mandible, and
tooth elements. A
herbivorous eilenodontine of
relatively large size.
Opisthias O.
rarus Colorado, Utah and Wyoming...
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Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Priosphenodon P.
avelasi An
eilenodontine rhynchocephalian. Tika T.
giacchinoi A
sphenodontine rhynchocephalian...
- PMID 25143041. Sebastian, Apesteguia; L., Carballido, Jose (2014). "A new
eilenodontine (Lepidosauria, Sphenodontidae) from the
Lower Cretaceous of central...
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Although they do not
closely resemble the wide,
rectangular teeth of
eilenodontine opisthodonts,
there are no
qualities which preclude a
relationship between...
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Gentil et al. Late
Cretaceous (Turonian) ****ncul
Formation Argentina An
eilenodontine rhynchocephalian.
Genus includes new
species P. watuku. Sclerostropheus...
