Rhynchosaur
| Rhynchosaurs Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| life restoration of Hyperodapedon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Order: | †Rhynchosauria Osborn, 1903 |
| Subgroups | |
Rhynchosaurs were a group of Triassic diapsid reptiles related to the archosaurs. They were herbivores, and at times abundant (in some fossil localities accounting for 40 to 60% of specimens found), with stocky bodies and a powerful beak.
They became extinct at the End-Triassic extinction event.