Hyperodapedon
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Hyperodapedon is an extinct genus of rhynchosaur reptiles which lived during Late Triassic period. Like other rhynchosaurs, it was a heavily built archosauromorph, distantly related to archosaurs such
Hyperodapedon Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Life restoration of Hyperodapedon huxleyi
H. huxleyi (formerly Paradapedon)
An 1894 illustration by Joseph Smit, depicting (from left to right): Rhynchosaurus, Mastodonsaurus, Hyperodapedon, and "Telerpeton"
Archosauromorpha
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Archosauromorpha is a clade of diapsid reptiles containing all reptiles more closely related to archosaurs than lepidosaurs. Archosauromorphs first appeared during the late Middle Permian or Late Perm
Hyperodapedon
…dápedon, 'pavement') is an extinct genus of rhynchosaur reptiles which lived during Late Triassic period. Like other rhynchosaurs, it was a heavily built archosauromorph, distantly related to archosaurs such as crocodilians and dinosaurs. Hyperodapedon in particular was part of the subfamily Hyperodapedontinae, a…
Archosauromorpha
An interaction between two archosauromorphs: Ornithosuchus ( a member of Archosauriformes) scavenging on Hyperodapedon (a rhynchosaur)
The skeleton of Protorosaurus, one of the oldest archosauromorphs and namesake of the problematic group "Protorosauria"
Champsosaurus, a gharial-like choristodere which survived the Cretaceous-Paleocene extinction event. Choristoderes may represent the fifth group of archosauromorphs, but their origin is obscured.