Dinodontosaurus

Dinodontosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Late Triassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Mounted Dinodontosaurus skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	Anomodontia
Infraorder:	Dicynodontia
Family:	Kannemeyeriidae
Genus:	Dinodontosaurus Romer, 1943
Species
D. oliveirai Romer, 1943 (type) D. tener von Huene, 1935 [originally Dicynodon tener]) D. turpior (von Huene, 1935 [originally Dicynodon turpior])

Pups of Dinodontosaurus turpior

Dinodontosaurus (meaning "terrible-toothed lizard") is a genus of dicynodont therapsid. It was one of the largest herbivores of the Triassic (about 8 feet (2.4 m) long and weighing a few hundred pounds) and had a beak corneum. It lived in the Middle Triassic but disappeared in the Upper Triassic.
Dinodontosaurus turpior^[1] is the most common species of dicynodont that existed in the Middle Triassic, and more common in the fossil layers that age in Rio Grande do Sul, in geopark of paleorrota. They are found mainly in the Paleontological Site Chiniquá in São Pedro do Sul and Candelária , where a group of ten pups^[2] were found together, demonstrating that these animals had strategies for coexistence in a group and caring for their offspring.

Adult Dinodontosaurus turpior

See also

• List of synapsids
• Paleorrota

References

1. ^ Dinodontosaurus turpior (UFRGS).
2. ^ filhote de Dinodontosaurus turpior (UFRGS).

External links

• Dinosaurs of Rio grande do Sul.