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Priosphenodon Temporal range: Cretaceous |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Superorder: | Lepidosauria |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
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Priosphenodon Apesteguia and Novas, 2003 |
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Priosphenodon is an extinct Rhynchocephalian known from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. It is believed to have been a fairly large herbivore, having a longer snout than then modern tuatara with teeth specialised for shearing plant matter.