Rugarhynchos
Name:
Rugarhynchos.
Phonetic: Ru-gah-rin-kos.
Named By: B. M. Wynd, S. J. Nesbitt, M.
R. Stocker & A. B. Heckert - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Archosauromorpha, Proterochampsia, Doswelliidae.
Species: R. sixmilensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA, New Mexico - Bluewater
Creek Formation.
Time period: Late Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial skeleton.
Originally
named as a species of Doswellia,
Rugarhynchos is
a genus of
proterochampsian archosauromorph that lived in North America during the
late Triassic. Rugarhynchos is noted for the
shortness of its snout
when compared to other doswelliids.
Further reading
- A new species of the enigmatic archosauromorph Doswellia
from the
Upper Triassic Bluewater Creek Formation, New Mexico, USA. -
Palaeontology. 55 (6): 1333–1348. - Andrew B.
Heckert, Spencer G. Lucas & Spielmann - 2012.
- A detailed description of Rugarhynchos sixmilensis,
gen. et
comb. nov. (Archosauriformes, Proterochampsia), and cranial
convergence in snout elongation across stem and crown archosaurs. -
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1748042:1-23. - B. M.
Wynd, S. J. Nesbitt, M. R. Stocker & A. B.
Heckert - 2020.
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