Eumetabolodon

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.



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