Bathygnathus

Taxobox
fossil_
Permian
name = "Bathygnathus"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Head of "Bathygnathus borealis", very speculative restoration.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Synapsida
ordo = Pelycosauria
unranked_familia = Sphenacodontia
genus = "Bathygnathus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Bathygnathus borealis" "Bathygnathus" was a pelycosaur-grade synapsid, a non-dinosaurian amniote which lived during the Permian Period (about 270 Ma). The only specimen of "Bathygnathus" was discovered on Prince Edward Island during the course of a well excavation, in Spring Brook in the New London area and its significance recognized by the local naturalist Francis Bain. It was originally described by Leidy in 1855 as the lower jaw of a dinosaur. The specimen is now known to represent the upper jaw (maxilla) of a sphenacodontid synapsid.

References

* [http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/genera.htm DML Dinosaur Genera List]