Fodonyx

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhynchosauria
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Divisio: †Unspecified Archosauromorpha Division Ordo: Rhynchosauria

Familia: Rhynchosauridae
Subfamilia: †Hyperodapedontinae
Genus: †Fodonyx
Species: †F. spenceri

Name

Fodonyx Hone & Benton, 2008

Type species: Fodonyx spenceri Benton, 1990

Etymology: from Latin fodiō (“to dig”) + Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw”), in reference to the large unguals present on the foot. [Hone, Benton, 2008: p. 2]

References

Primary references

Hone, D.W.E.; Benton, M.J. 2008: A new genus of rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of south-west England. Palaeontology, 51(1): 95–115. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00739.x

Links

Fodonyx – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

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