Rhynchosaur
Rhynchosaurs were a group of Triassic diapsid reptiles related to the archosaurs. They were herbivores, and at times abundant (in some fossil localities accounting for 40 to 60% of specimens found), with stocky bodies and a powerful beak.
| Rhynchosaurs | |
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| life restoration of Hyperodapedon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Order: | Rhynchosauria Osborn, 1903 |
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They became extinct at the End-Triassic extinction event.
Rhynchosaur Media
Life restoration of Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis.
Hyperodapedon huxleyi (=Paradapedon)
Mesosuchus browni, a rhynchosaur from the Early Triassic of South Africa, pencil drawing
Skull of Rhynchosaurus articeps
Skull of a rhynchosaur, in Educational Museum Gama D'Eça.
Illustration of the ventral surface of a tooth plate of Hyperodapedon.
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