Trullidens

Trullidens is an extinct genus of sphenodontian from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Colorado, United States. The type species is Trullidens purgatorii. It is known from a single lower jaw. The morphology of the teeth suggests that it was herbivorous, and a member of the clade Opisthodontia.^[1]

Trullidens Temporal range: Late Triassic, Norian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Rhynchocephalia
Clade:	†Opisthodontia
Genus:	†Trullidens Kligman et al., 2021
Type species
†Trullidens purgatorii Kligman et al., 2021

References

1. Kligman, Ben T.; McClure, Warren C.; Korbitz, Mark; Schumacher, Bruce A. (July 2021). "New sphenodontian (Reptilia: Lepidosauria) from a novel Late Triassic paleobiota in western North America sheds light on the earliest radiation of herbivorous lepidosaurs". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (4): 827–844. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.22. hdl:10919/106674. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 233518270.