Dinodontosaurus

Dinodontosaurus; Temporal range: Mid-Late Triassic; ~
	Mounted Dinodontosaurus skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Anomodontia
Clade:	†Dicynodontia
Clade:	†Kannemeyeriiformes
Genus:	†Dinodontosaurus; Romer, 1943
Type species
	†Dinodontosaurus oliveirai; Romer, 1943 [Junior synonym]
Species
	D. brevirostris Cox, 1968; D. tener (Huene, 1935); D. turpior (Huene, 1935) [nomen dubium];
Synonyms
	Genus synonymy Chanaria Cox, 1968 ; Diodontosaurus Tupí-Caldas, 1936 [nomen suppressum] ; Species synonymy Synonyms of D. brevirostris: Chanaria platyceps Cox, 1968 ; D. platygnathus Cox, 1968 ; ; Synonyms of D. tener: Diodontosaurus pedroanum Tupí-Caldas, 1936 ; D. oliveirai Romer, 1943 ; ;

Dinodontosaurus (meaning "terrible-toothed lizard") is a genus of dicynodont therapsid. It was medium to large dicynodont of the Triassic (with skull up to 40 centimetres (16 in) long) and had a beak corneum. It lived in the Middle Triassic but disappeared in the Upper Triassic.

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