Description
- Koskinodon
- Triassic~Jurassic Age
- Bull Canyon Formation
- San Migeul County, New Mexico
- Specimen measures approx. 7/16″ 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.