Delorhynchus

Delorhynchus
Temporal range: Early Permian,
Different skulls of Delorhynchus cifellii in various growth stages
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Parareptilia
Order: Procolophonomorpha
Superfamily: Lanthanosuchoidea
Genus: Delorhynchus
Fox, 1962
Type species
Delorhynchus priscus
Fox, 1962
Other species
  • D. cifellii Reisz et al., 2014
  • D. multidentatus Rowe et al., 2021
Synonyms
  • Bolterpeton carrolli Anderson and Reisz, 2003 (syn. either of D. priscus or of D. cifellii)

Delorhynchus is an extinct genus of lanthanosuchoid parareptile known from the late Early Permian (Artinskian age) Garber Formation of Comanche County, Oklahoma. It contains three species: the type species D. priscus is based on a series of maxillae. The second species to be described, D. cifellii, is known from a larger number of well-preserved skulls and skeletal material. The third species, D. multidentatus, is based on a fragmentary skull with several rows of teeth on its jaw.

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