Rhynchosaurus

Rhynchosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull of Rhynchosaurus articeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Rhynchosauria
Family:	†Rhynchosauridae
Genus:	†Rhynchosaurus Owen, 1842
Species
†R. articeps Owen, 1842 (type)

Rhynchosaurus (beaked lizard) is a genus of rhynchosaur that lived during the Middle Triassic Period. It lived in Europe. It was related to the archosaurs, but not within that group. The type species of Rhynchosaurus is R. articeps. Michael Benton named two additional species, R. spenceri and R. brodiei, but they were subsequently renamed Fodonyx and Langeronyx respectively.