Prehistoric Models: Atopodentatus
Atopodentatus is a members of an extinct superorder of marine reptile classified as Sauropterygians, related to nothosaurs, plesiosaurs, and pliosaurs. Atopodentatus is one of the few herbivorous marine reptiles known to the fossil record. Appearing a mere six million years after the Permian/Triassic extinction, one of the largest in Earth’s history.
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Superclass: Tetrapoda – Class: Reptilia – Clade: Diapsida – Superorder: Sauropterygia
(atopodentatus)
Anisian of the Triassic Period
