# Ricnodon

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of tetrapods}}
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| taxon = Ricnodon
| authority = [Fritsch](/source/Antonin_Fritsch), 1883
| fossil_range = [Carboniferous](/source/Carboniferous), {{Fossil range|318.1|306.95}}
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'''''Ricnodon''''' is an extinct [genus](/source/genus) of [microsaur](/source/microsaur) within the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Hapsidopareiidae](/source/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](/source/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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Category:Microsauria
Category:Pennsylvanian tetrapods of North America
Category:Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia

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