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Koskinodon Amphibian Tooth #15

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  • Genuine Fossil Koskinodon Tooth
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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.