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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Suborder: | Sphenodontia |
| Genus: | †Rebbanasaurus Evans et al., 2001[1] |
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Rebbanasaurus is an extinct sphenodontian reptile known from remains found in the Early-Middle Jurassic Kota Formation of India.[1] The type specimen is a partial jawbone which has acrodont teeth, with other known remains including fragments of the premaxilla, maxilla, and palatine. It was relatively small, with a skull estimated at 1.5–2.5 centimetres (0.59–0.98 in) long.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Evans, S. E.; Prasad, G.V.R.; Manhas, B.K. (2001). "Rhynchocephalians (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133: 309–334. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00629.x.
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