Oryctorhynchus

Oryctorhynchus is an extinct genus of rhynchosaur from the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian)-aged Wolfville Formation of Nova Scotia, Canada that may have been the same animal as Beesiiwo.

[2][5] Fitch et al. (2023) state that specimen NSM018GFF009.003 has "No unique support for [being] Oryctorhynchus bairdi, and [they] do not consider it a part of O .

The epithet honours David Baird, for his work on Triassic tetrapods from Nova Scotia.

[2] Sues et al. (2020) placed Oryctorhynchus as the sister species to Hyperodapedon and an unnamed hyperodapedontine taxon from Wyoming.

The age of the Upper Wolfville Member is unclear; it either dates from the latest Carnian?

Left dentary of O. bairdi in A, lateral, B, medial, and C, dorsal views