Delorhynchus
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Delorhynchus is an extinct genus of lanthanosuchoid parareptile known from the late Early Permian (Artinskian age) Garber Formation of Comanche County, Oklahoma. It contains three species: the type species D. priscus is based on a series of maxillae.[3] The second species to be described, D. cifellii, is known from a larger number of well-preserved skulls and skeletal material.[4] The third species, D. multidentatus, is based on a fragmentary skull with several rows of teeth on its jaw.[5]
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Different skulls of Delorhynchus cifellii in various growth stages | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | †Parareptilia |
Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
Superfamily: | †Lanthanosuchoidea |
Genus: | †Delorhynchus Fox, 1962 |
Type species | |
†Delorhynchus priscus Fox, 1962 | |
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