Pectodens
| Pectodens Temporal range: Anisian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Pectodens |
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| Pectodens zhenyuensis Li et al., 2017
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Pectodens (meaning "comb tooth") is an extinct archosauromorph from Middle Triassic China.The type and only species of the genus is Pectodens zhenyuensis, named by Chun Li and colleagues in 2017. It may be a member of the Protorosauria; an unusual combination of traits similar (such as the long neck) and dissimilar (such as the absence of a hook on the fifth metatarsal bone) to other members causes Pectodens to elude exact classification.
Pectodens Media
Skull of Pectodens zhenyuensis (IVPP V18578), showing character state 31-1: a thick anterior margin of the premaxilla results in the external nares being posteriorly displaced.
Size comparison of Pectodens compared to a human hand
The aquatic Dinocephalosaurus was the closest relative of Pectodens in the Dinocephalosauridae
