Name:
Rhiodenticulatus
(nose with small teeth).
Phonetic: Re-oh-den-tik-u-la-tus.
Named By: D. S. Berman & R. R.
Reisz - 1986.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Captorhinidae.
Species: R. heatoni (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA, New Mexico - Abo/Cutler
Formation.
Time period: Sakmarian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post
cranial remains.
Rhiodenticulatus is a genus of captorhinid reptile that lived in the USA during the early Permian.
Further reading
- Captorhinid reptiles from the Early Permian of New Mexico, with
description of a new genus and species. - Annals of Carnegie
Museum 55:1-28. - D. S. Berman & R. R. Reisz -
1986.