| Centemodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | †Phytosauria |
| Genus: | †Centemodon Lea, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| †Centemodon sulcatus | |
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Centemodon (meaning "point tooth") is anextinctgenus ofbasal[2]phytosaur from the LateTriassic Period. It lived in what is nowPennsylvania,United States.[2] It is classified as anomen dubium.[3] It was found in theRed Sandstone Formation near theSchuyklill River.[4]Centemodon may have been related toSuchoprion. It was a small phytosaur, weighing no more than 200 kilograms (440 lb) when fully grown.[2]
Sometime before theBone Wars, apalaeontologist known as Dr. Leo (surname unknown) discovered several fossil fragmentary teeth that later became theCentemodonholotype.[2] When Leo described the fragments, he was unsure of what they belonged to, and Leo did not name the fragments. They were eventually named in1856 byIsaac Lea.[1]
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