Macrocephalosaurus
Macrocephalosaurus is a genus of rhynchosaurs (beaked, archosaur-like reptiles) from the Late Triassic period (Carnian stage) of southern Brazil. It contains a single species, Macrocephalosaurus mariensis. Although usually synonymized with Hyperodapedon (as the species Hyperodapedon mariensis), some cladistic analyses have called this synonymy into question.
| Macrocephalosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic (Carnian), ~ | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Order: | †Rhynchosauria |
| Family: | †Rhynchosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyperodapedontinae |
| Genus: | †Macrocephalosaurus Tupi Caldas, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| †Macrocephalosaurus mariensis | |
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