Abyssomedon

Abyssomedon
Temporal range: Early Permian,
Illustration of the holotype fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: †Nyctiphruretidae
Genus: †Abyssomedon
MacDougall & Reisz, 2014
Type species
†Abyssomedon williamsi
MacDougall & Reisz, 2014

Abyssomedon (meaning "Guardian of the Abyss") is an extinct genus of a nyctiphruretid parareptile known from Early Permian (Artinskian age) fissure fills at Richards Spur in Comanche County, Oklahoma, south-central United States. It contains a single species, Abyssomedon williamsi, which represents oldest known nyctiphruretid species and the first to be discovered in North America.

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