Stenomyti

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Stenomyti | fossil_range = [[Late Triassic]] | authority = [[Bryan J. Small|Small]] & [[Jeffrey W. Martz|Martz]], [[2013 in paleontology|2013]] | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Stenomyti huangae''''' | type_species_authority = Small & Martz, 2013 }}

'''''Stenomyti''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of small [[aetosaur]]. It contains a single [[species]], '''''Stenomyti huangae''''', which is known from a [[skull]], [[postcranial]] [[skeleton]] and other referred material from the [[Late Triassic]] [[Chinle Formation]], [[Eagle Basin]] of [[Colorado]], United States. ''Stenomyti'' is distinguished from other aetosaurs by eight [[autapomorphies]] (unique traits), however its [[osteoderm]]s are nearly identical to those of ''[[Aetosaurus]]'' which suggests that osteoderms are not always reliable taxonomic indicators for aetosaurs. Based on its osteoderms, and other shared [[Cranium|cranial]] characters with ''Aetosaurus'', it was suggested that these taxa are closely related and lie outside the clade containing [[Typothoracisinae]] and [[Desmatosuchinae]].<ref name=Stenomyti>{{cite book |author=Bryan J. Small |author2=Jeffrey W. Martz |name-list-style=amp |year=2013 |chapter=A new aetosaur from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of the Eagle Basin, Colorado, USA |editor=S.J. Nesbitt |editor2=J.B. Desojo |editor3=R.B. Irmis |title=Anatomy, phylogeny and palaeobiology of early archosaurs and their kin |series= Geological Society, London, Special Publications |volume=379 |pages=393–412 |doi=10.1144/SP379.18 |s2cid=129503069 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Aetosauria]] [[Category:Chinle fauna]] [[Category:Fossil taxa described in 2013]] [[Category:Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera]]