Repelinosaurus
Name:
Repelinosaurus
(R�pelins’ lizard).
Phonetic: Re-pel-e-no-sor-us.
Named By: Chloe Olivier, Bernard Battail, Sylvie
Bourquin, Camille Rossignol, J.-Sebastien Steyer &
Nour-Eddine Jalil - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Therapsida,
Dicynodontia, Kannemeyeriiformes.
Species: R. Robustus (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Skull up to 19 centimetres long.
Known locations: Laos - Purple Claystone
Formation.
Time period: Early Triassic.
Fossil representation: 2 skulls.
Repelinosaurus
is a genus of dicynodont
that lived in Asia during the early
Triassic. Described from two skulls, Repelinosaurus
is noted for
having a very short snout when compared to other kannemeyeriiform
dicynodonts. The snout on Repelinosaurus skulls
also shows a
rugose (bumpy) series of growths. This might suggest that aside
from a keratinous beak commonly speculated for other dicynodonts,
Repelinosaurus may have also had a hard keratinous
growth on its
snout. This keratinous growth may have been shaped or coloured in
such a way that Repelinosaurus displayed to others
of its species.
Repelinosaurus
is named after geologist Joesph R�pelin.
Further reading
- New dicynodonts
(Therapsida, Anomodontia) from near the Permo-Triassic boundary of
Laos: implications for dicynodont survivorship across the
Permo-Triassic mass extinction and the paleobiogeography of Southeast
Asian blocks. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. - Chloe
Olivier, Bernard Battail, Sylvie Bourquin, Camille Rossignol,
J.-Sebastien Steyer & Nour-Eddine Jalil - 2019.
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