Hypsognathus
Sign in to savethumb|left|Life restoration of Hypsognathus Hypsognathus (from , 'height' and , 'jaw') is an extinct genus of procolophonid parareptile from the Late Triassic of New Jersey, Connecticut, and Nova Scotia.
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Vinony's link graph records 90 inbound references to Hypsognathus, and connects out to Pareiasauria, Procolophonidae and England.
Vinony files it under Fossil taxa described in 1928, Late Triassic reptiles of North America and Leptopleuroninae.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Procolophonidae
- Image
- Hypsognathus BW.jpg
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- time period
- Late Triassic
- taxon name
- Hypsognathus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Hypsognathus
- taxon common name
- 深頜蜥
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thumb|left|Life restoration of Hypsognathus Hypsognathus (from , 'height' and , 'jaw') is an extinct genus of procolophonid parareptile from the Late Triassic of New Jersey, Connecticut, and Nova Scotia.
Hypsognathus resembled a moderately sized lizard, with a length of , although it was unrelated to modern lizards. Because of its broad teeth, Hypsognathus is thought to have been a herbivore. Its body is low and broad and it has a relatively short tail. Hypsognathus has some spikes on the side of its head, probably for protection against predators.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hypsognathus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.