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Appearance
| Patagosphenos Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Albian), | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Suborder: | Sphenodontia |
| Subfamily: | †Eilenodontinae |
| Genus: | †Patagosphenos Gentil et al., 2019 |
| Species: | †P. watuku |
| Binomial name | |
| †Patagosphenos watuku Gentil et al., 2019 | |
Patagosphenos is an extinct genus of sphenodontian from the Early Cretaceous Huincul Formation of Argentina. It contains a single species, Patagosphenos watuku.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Gentil, Adriel R.; Agnolin, Federico L.; Garcia Marsà, Jordi A.; Motta, Matias J.; Novas, Fernando E. (2019-06-01). "Bridging the gap: Sphenodont remains from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia. Palaeobiological inferences". Cretaceous Research. 98: 72–83. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.01.016. hdl:11336/123948. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 135429146.