Toxolophosaurus

Toxolophosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous[1]
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha
Magnorder: Lepidosauria
Superorder: Sphenodontiformes
Order: Sphenodontia
(unranked): Opisthodontia
Tribe: Eilenodontini †
Genus: ToxolophosaurusOlson, 1960[1][2]
Species
  • T. cloudi (type) Olson, 1960[2]

Toxolophosaurus was a Sphenodontid from the Early Cretaceous–age Kootenai Formation of Montana.[3]

Discovery

Toxolophosaurus cloudi was found by Olson in 1960[2] in the Kootenai Formation, 223.75 feet above the base of the Kootenai.[3]

Classification

Toxolophosaurus was named a member of Sphenodontidae by Michael Benton in 1985.[2] It is closely related to Priosphenodon and Eilenodon.

Diet

Toxolophosaurus was herbivorous, meaning that it ate only plants.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/3/586
  2. 1 2 3 4 http://paleobackup.nceas.ucsb.edu:8090/cgi-bin/bridge.pl
  3. 1 2 Everett C. Olson (May 1960). "A Trilophosaurid Reptile from the Kootenai Formation (Lower Cretaceous)". Journal of Paleontology 34 (3): 551–555. JSTOR 1300954.


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