Brachyrhinodon
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Genus: | Brachyrhinodon
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Brachyrhinodon is an extinct genus of sphenodontian from the Triassic of Scotland . It is related to the Tuatara, the only member of its family that is not extinct.
Sources
- Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton
- In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods by Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues
- The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary by Kevin Padian