Rhynchosaur facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rhynchosaurs |
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| life restoration of Hyperodapedon | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Order: | †Rhynchosauria Osborn, 1903 |
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Rhynchosaurs were a group of Triassic diapsid reptiles related to the archosaurs. They were herbivores, and at times abundant (in some fossil localities accounting for 40 to 60% of specimens found), with stocky bodies and a powerful beak.
They became extinct at the End-Triassic extinction event.
Images for kids
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Models of Staurikosaurus and rhynchosaur
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Hyperodapedon huxleyi (=Paradapedon)
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Mesosuchus browni
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Skull of Rhynchosaurus articeps
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Skull of a rhynchosaur, in Educational Museum Gama D'Eça.
See also
In Spanish: Rincosaurios para niños
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