{{Short description|Extinct genus of tetrapods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Ricnodon | authority = Fritsch, 1883 | fossil_range = Carboniferous, {{Fossil range|318.1|306.95}} }} '''''Ricnodon''''' is an extinct genus of microsaur within the family Hapsidopareiidae.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Carroll |first=Robert |date=January 1966 |title=Microsaurs from the Westphalian B of Joggins, Nova Scotia |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London |volume=177 |pages=63–97 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.1966.tb00952.x}}</ref> The genus name means ‘wrinkled tooth’ from Ancient Greek ῥικνός and ''odôn''. The specific name honors Edward Drinker Cope.<ref>Anton Fritsch. 1879-1901. Fauna der Gaskohle und der Kalksteine der Permformation Böhmens, vier Teile, Prague.</ref>
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