Priosphenodon is an extinct, large herbiviorous eilenodontine rhynchocephalian known from the mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian) of Argentina.[1][2] It is one of the largest known sphenodontians.
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Priosphenodon is an extinct, large herbiviorous eilenodontine rhynchocephalian known from the mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian) of Argentina. It is one...
centimetres (4.7 in), while the largest known terrestrial sphenodontian, Priosphenodon avelasi has an estimated total length of just over 100 centimetres (39 in)...
The group contains some of the largest known sphenodontians, with Priosphenodon suggested to be the largest known non aquatic sphenodontian, with an...
trilophosaurids within Archosauromorpha. A study on the bone histology of Priosphenodon avelasi, interpreted as indicative of alternation between periods of...
animals from this formation include the rhynchocephalians Tika and Priosphenodon, the snake Najash, the mammal Cronopio dentiacutus, the theropods Alnashetri...
mandible (left lower jaw) from the Candeleros Formation. In the same year, Priosphenodon avelasi was described by Apesteguía and Novas in 2003, based on type...
classification was confirmed in 1985 by Michael Benton. It is closely related to Priosphenodon and Eilenodon. In addition to the specimen recovered from Montana, numerous...
Formation, alongside the distantly related herbivorous sphenodontian Priosphenodon. Like other sphenodontines, Tika is thought to have been carnivorous...
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