Mesodapedon

Mesodapedon is an extinct genus of hyperodapedontid rhynchosaur from middle Triassic (Anisian stage) deposits of India.

It is known from the holotype ISIR-300 and from the paratype ISIR-301 from the Yerrapalli Formation.

It was first named by Sankar Chatterjee in 1980 and the type species is Mesodapedon kuttyi.

[1] It is extremely closely related to the Tanzanian Stenaulorhynchus and even was considered to be its synonym.

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