{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Late Triassic, Norian | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Trullidens | authority = Kligman ''et al.'', 2021 | type_species = †'''''Trullidens purgatorii''''' | type_species_authority = Kligman ''et al.'', 2021 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = }}
'''''Trullidens''''' is an extinct genus of sphenodontian from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Colorado, United States. The type species is '''''Trullidens purgatorii'''''. It is known from a single lower jaw. The morphology of the teeth suggests that it was herbivorous, and a member of the clade Opisthodontia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kligman|first1=Ben T.|last2=McClure|first2=Warren C.|last3=Korbitz|first3=Mark|last4=Schumacher|first4=Bruce A.|date=July 2021|title=New sphenodontian (Reptilia: Lepidosauria) from a novel Late Triassic paleobiota in western North America sheds light on the earliest radiation of herbivorous lepidosaurs|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/new-sphenodontian-reptilia-lepidosauria-from-a-novel-late-triassic-paleobiota-in-western-north-america-sheds-light-on-the-earliest-radiation-of-herbivorous-lepidosaurs/AB1A4C94194D64CC3141FD565288D8AA|journal=Journal of Paleontology|language=en|volume=95|issue=4|pages=827–844|doi=10.1017/jpa.2021.22|bibcode=2021JPal...95..827K |hdl=10919/106674 |s2cid=233518270|issn=0022-3360|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
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Category:Rhynchocephalia Category:Prehistoric reptile genera Category:Triassic Colorado Category:Fossil taxa described in 2021