Rhiodenticulatus

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.



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