# Micromenodon

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [Late Triassic](/source/Late_Triassic), Carnian
| taxon = Micromenodon
| authority = [Sues](/source/Hans-Dieter_Sues) & Schoch, 2021
| type_species = †'''''Micromenodon pitti'''''
| type_species_authority = [Sues](/source/Hans-Dieter_Sues) & Schoch, 2021
}}

'''''Micromenodon''''' is an [extinct](/source/extinct) [genus](/source/genus) of [sphenodontia](/source/sphenodontia)n from the [Late Triassic](/source/Late_Triassic) [Doswell Formation](/source/Doswell_Formation) of [Virginia](/source/Virginia). It contains a single species, '''''Micromenodon pitti.''''' The species is only known from a partial maxilla with teeth. It has been placed as a basal member of Sphenodontia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sues|first1=Hans-Dieter|last2=Schoch|first2=Rainer R.|date=March 2021|title=A new early-diverging sphenodontian (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia, U.S.A.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/new-earlydiverging-sphenodontian-lepidosauria-rhynchocephalia-from-the-upper-triassic-of-virginia-usa/48267EEEF5480901D5C1C9353BADC15B|journal=Journal of Paleontology|language=en|volume=95|issue=2|pages=344–350|doi=10.1017/jpa.2020.87|bibcode=2021JPal...95..344S |s2cid=228808997|issn=0022-3360|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

{{clade
|label1=Rhynchocephalia
|1={{clade
|1=''[Gephyrosaurus](/source/Gephyrosaurus)''
|2={{clade
|1=''[Diphydontosaurus](/source/Diphydontosaurus)''
|2={{clade
|1=''Micromenodon''
|2={{clade
|1=''[Planocephalosaurus](/source/Planocephalosaurus)''
|2={{clade
|1=''[Rebbanasaurus](/source/Rebbanasaurus)''
|2={{clade
|1=''[Sphenocondor](/source/Sphenocondor)''
|2=''[Godavarisaurus](/source/Godavarisaurus)''
}}}}
|3={{clade
|1=''[Polysphenodon](/source/Polysphenodon)''
|2={{clade
|1=''[Clevosaurus](/source/Clevosaurus)''+''[Brachyrhinodon](/source/Brachyrhinodon)''
|2=[Neosphenodontia](/source/Neosphenodontia)
}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

== References ==
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Category:Rhynchocephalia
Category:Triassic reptiles
Category:Triassic reptiles of North America
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2021

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