Description
- Koskinodon
- Triassic~Jurassic Age
- Bull Canyon Formation
- San Migeul County, New Mexico
- Specimen measures approx. 3/8″ long and will come in a 1.25″ Gem Jar
Koskinonodon is regarded as a metoposaurid temnospondyl amphibian, which means that it is closest to genera such as Metoposaurus and Apachesaurus. These temnopondyls are noted for having eyes that were situated in a more forward position on their skulls than the eyes of other similar temnospondyl groups. Also like its relative genera, Koskinonodon seems to have been more at home in the water where it probably hunted for fish and possibly other amphibians. The limbs are generally not that well supported for terrestrial locomotion, and the presence of a lateral line formed by sensory sulci would have detected changes in water pressure, allowing them to pick up upon the movements of nearby swimming animals.
