Hyperodapedon

Taxobox
name = "Hyperodapedon"
fossil_range = Late Triassic

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
ordo = Rhynchosauria
familia = Rhynchosauridae
subfamilia = Hyperdapedontinae
genus = "Hyperodapedon"
genus_authority = Huxley, 1859
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "H. huenei"
* "H. mariensis"
* "H. huxleyi"
* "H. gordoni"
* "H. fischeri"
* "H. sanjuanensis"

"Hyperodapedon" is a genus of rhynchosaur (a beaked, archosaur-like reptile) from the Triassic Period. "Scaphonyx", once thought to be a dinosaur, is now known to be based on material from a specimen of "Hyperodapedon", making the name "Scaphonyx" an invalid junior synonym.

Description

"Hyperodapedon" is known from several species and has been found in many areas of the world, due to the continents being joined together in the supercontinent Pangaea during the Triassic. Fossils from the various species have been identified from South America, Russia, Europe, and India. It was hunted by many predators like saurosuchus and prestosuchus.