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
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
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.