Teraterpeton (meaning "wonderful creeping thing" in Greek) is an extinct genus of trilophosaurid[1] archosauromorphs. It is known from a partial skeleton from the Late Triassic Wolfville Formation of Nova Scotia, described in 2003. It has many unique features seen in no other related form, including an elongated, toothless snout and large openings for the nostrils. Because of this, Teraterpeton was originally placed in its own family, Teraterpetidae, related to Trilophosaurus.[2] Newer studies generally place it within Trilophosauridae.[1]
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Teraterpeton (meaning "wonderful creeping thing" in Greek) is an extinct genus of trilophosaurid archosauromorphs. It is known from a partial skeleton...
otherwise only found in the related allokotosaurs Azendohsaurus and Teraterpeton. The vertebral column is well known in Shringasaurus, including the whole...
Trilophosaurus (a common Late Triassic reptile with three-crowned teeth), Teraterpeton (which had a long beak-like snout), and Shringasaurus (a horned herbivore...
species being named, Rutiotomodon was found to be more derived than Teraterpeton, in an unresolved polytomy with Coelodontognathus, which was recovered...
palatal teeth have a much simpler palatal dentition of small, domed teeth. Teraterpeton is the only other archosauromorph with similarly well developed palatal...
Adam C. Pritchard; Hans-Dieter Sues (2019). "Postcranial remains of Teraterpeton hrynewichorum (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) and the mosaic evolution of...
Adam C. Pritchard & Hans-Dieter Sues (2019). "Postcranial remains of Teraterpeton hrynewichorum (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) and the mosaic evolution of...
some living lizards (Meroles, Anolis) and extinct reptiles (Avicranium, Teraterpeton) are known to have convergently evolved a bird-like skull shape. The...
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