Centemodon

Centemodon is an extinct genus of basal phytosaur from the Late Triassic Period. It lived in what is now Pennsylvania, United States. It is classified as a nomen dubium. It was found in the Red [Sandstone Formation] near the Schuyklill River. Centemodon may have been related to Suchoprion. It was a small phytosaur, weighing no more than when fully grown.

Discovery and naming

Sometime before the Bone Wars, a palaeontologist known as Dr. Leo discovered several fossil fragmentary teeth that later became the Centemodon holotype. When Leo described the fragments, he was unsure of what they belonged to, and Leo did not name the fragments. They were eventually named in 1856 by Isaac Lea.