Basutodon
Basutodon is a genus of suchian archosaur from the Late Triassic Lower Elliot Formation of Lesotho. The type species is B. ferox.
Discovery and naming
The holotype is a single tooth that was discovered alongside the remains of Euskelosaurus browni in the upper [Elliot Formation], Lesotho. The species Basutodon ferox was named and described by Friedrich [von Huene|von Huene]."Likhoelesaurus ingens", an undescribed archosauriform from the Lower Elliot Formation of South Africa, may have been the same animal as Basutodon ferox.
Description
Basutodon was once classified as a prosauropod, as with Teratosaurus or as a synonym of Euskelosaurus. It was probably neither of these things, though, and is much more likely to be a dubious non-dinosaur.Basutodon is currently listed as a basal member of Suchia, although Tolchard et al. suggested that Basutodon may belong to Rauisuchia.