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MADYGENERPETON
(may-de-jen-er-pe-ton)
meaning: "Madygen creeper"
Madygenerpeton
Named By: R. R. Schoch, S. Voigt & M. Buchwitz in 2010
Time Period: Middle/Upper Triassic
Location: Kyrgyzstan - Madygen Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Piscivore/Insectivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptiliomorpha | Chroniosuchia | Chroniosuchidae |
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Madygenerpeton is an extinct genus of chroniosuchid reptiliomorph from middle and upper Triassic deposits of Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan. It was first named by paleontologists Rainer R. Schoch, Sebastian Voigt and Michael Buchwitz in 2010 from a nearly complete skull and associated osteoderms. The type species is M. pustulatus.

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