Name:
Eumetabolodon
(Changeable tooth).
Phonetic: Yew-met-ah-bel-o-don.
Named By: J. L. Li - 1983.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Procolophonomorpha, Procolophonidae, Procolophoninae.
Species: E. bathycephalus
(type), E. dongshengensis.
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Total body length estimated to be about 50
centimetres long.
Known locations: China - Ermaying Formation,
Heshanggou Formation, Shihtienfeng Formation.
Time period: Induan to Anisian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Skulls of at least 16
individuals.
Eumetabolodon is a genus of procolophonid reptile that lived in China during the Triassic.
Further reading
- Tooth replacement in a new genus of procolophonid from the Early
Triassic of China. - Palaeontology 26(3):567-583. - J.
L. Li - 1983.