{{Short description|Genus of trilophosaurid allokotosaur}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = Middle Triassic,<ref name="auto"/><br>{{fossil range|Anisian|Ladinian}} | genus = Rutiotomodon | parent_authority = Sues & Schoch, 2023 | species = tytthos | authority = Sues & Schoch, 2023 }} '''''Rutiotomodon''''' is an extinct genus of trilophosaurid allokotosaur from the Middle Triassic of Germany.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|title=A new Middle Triassic (Ladinian) trilophosaurid stem-archosaur from Germany increases diversity and temporal range of this clade|first1=Hans-Dieter|last1=Sues|first2=Rainer R.|last2=Schoch|date=March 23, 2023|journal=Royal Society Open Science|volume=10|issue=3|doi=10.1098/rsos.230083|doi-access=free|pmid=36968237|pmc=10031418|bibcode=2023RSOS...1030083S }}</ref>
==Discovery== ''Rutiotomodon'' was found in the Erfurt Formation. It is known from two jaw fragments: a right maxilla and a referred partial dentary that bears similarities to that of ''Trilophosaurus buettneri''. It was described during 2023 by Hans-Dieter Sues and Rainer R. Schoch.<ref name="auto"/> ==Etymology== The genus ''Rutiotomodon'' is derived from the Greek 'rhytis', which mean 'wrinkle' or 'fold', 'tomō' which means 'to cut', and 'odon', which means tooth. This means that it means wrinkled cut tooth, in reference to the ridges on the teeth in both the maxilla and dentary. The type species of ''Rutiotomodon'' is ''R. tytthos''. 'Tytthos' is the Greek for small (a reference to its diminutive size of 50cm long) thus making the name for this species (''Rutiotomodon tytthos'') mean 'small wrinkled cut tooth.<ref name="auto"/> ==Classification== In an analysis that was part of the species being named, ''Rutiotomodon'' was found to be more derived than ''Teraterpeton'', in an unresolved polytomy with ''Coelodontognathus'', which was recovered as a trilophosaurid.<ref name="auto"/>
==Paleobiology== Sues has suggested that ''Rutiotomodon'' may have had a small beak whilst the jaws had tightly packed teeth with broad crowns for crushing plant matter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/unknown-ancient-creature-240-million-years-ago-discovered-quarry-1791801|title=Previously unknown creature from 240 million years ago discovered in quarry|date=March 31, 2023|website=Newsweek}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Allokotosauria|R.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q121789028}}
Category:Middle Triassic reptiles of Europe Category:Trilophosauridae Category:Monotypic prehistoric reptile genera Category:Fossil taxa described in 2023