Mesodapedon Explained

Mesodapedon is an extinct genus of hyperodapedontid rhynchosaur from middle Triassic (Anisian stage) deposits of India. It is known from the holotype ISIR-300 and from the paratype ISIR-301 from the Yerrapalli Formation. It was first named by Sankar Chatterjee in 1980 and the type species is Mesodapedon kuttyi.[1] It is extremely closely related to the Tanzanian Stenaulorhynchus and even was considered to be its synonym.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Sankar Chatterjee . 1980 . The evolution of Rhyncosaurs . Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France . 139 . 57–65 .
  2. David M. Dilkes . 1998 . The Early Triassic rhynchosaur Mesosuchus browni and the interrelationships of basal archosauromorph reptiles . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B . 353 . 1368 . 501–541 . 10.1098/rstb.1998.0225. 1692244 .

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