Description
- Pseudopalatus
- Reptile Tooth
- Triassic Age
- Bull Canyon Formation
- San Miguel County, New Mexico
- Specimen measures approx 1/16″ long and will come in a 1.25″ Gem Jar
Pseudopalatus Mehl, 1928 Machaeroprosopus is an extinct genus of pseudopalatine phytosaurid from the Late Triassic of the southwestern United States. The phytosaurs or “croc-line” archosaurs didn’t look much like crocodiles, but phytosaurs were a definite exception. In fact, phytosaurs looked almost exactly like living crocs. They had short legs, wide, heavy bodies with rows of armored scales, long tails, and long toothy snouts.
