Ankistrodon
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Ankistrodon Temporal range: Early Triassic |
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| Holotype in (A) lateral and (B) posterior views, with (C) a cross section of a tooth | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Proterosuchidae |
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†Ankistrodon Huxley, 1865 |
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†Ankistrodon indicus Huxley, 1865 |
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Ankistrodon is an extinct genus of archosauriform known from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation of India. First thought to be a theropod dinosaur, it was later determined to be a proterosuchid. The type species is A. indicus, described by prolific British zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley in 1865. One authority in the 1970s classified Ankistrodon as a senior synonym of Proterosuchus.
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