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Brachyrhinodon taylori

Brachyrhinodon
Brachyrhinodon BW.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Sphenodontida
Family: Sphenodontidae
Subfamily: Clevosauridae
Genus: Brachyrhinodon
Huene, 1910
Type species
Brachyrhinodon taylori
Huene, 1910

Brachyrhinodon is an extinct genus of sphenodontian from the Triassic of Scotland . It is related to the Tuatara, the only member of its family that is not extinct.

Brachyrhinodon is known from the sandstone quarries near Elgin, and is one of the Elgin Reptiles.



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