| Pentaedrusaurus Temporal range:Early Triassic | |
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| Skeletal cast mount,Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Subclass: | †Parareptilia |
| Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
| Family: | †Procolophonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Leptopleuroninae |
| Genus: | †Pentaedrusaurus Li,1989 |
| Type species | |
| †Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus Li, 1989 | |
Pentaedrusaurus (meaning "pentagonal [skull] lizard"[1]) is anextinctgenus ofprocolophonidparareptile from theEarly Triassic ofChina. It is one of the mostbasal members of the procolophonid subfamilyLeptopleuroninae. The only known species ofPentaedrusaurus,P. ordosianus, was named in 1989 from theHeshanggou Formation.[2]
