Gephyrosaurus

Gephyrosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic,
Restoration of the skull and lower jaw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Family: Gephyrosauridae
Genus: Gephyrosaurus
Evans, 1980
Type species
Gephyrosaurus bridensis
Evans, 1980
Other species
  • G. evansae Whiteside & Duffin, 2017

Gephyrosaurus is an extinct genus of lepidosaurian reptile known from the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic of the United Kingdom. It is generally considered to be one of the most primitive members of the clade Rhynchocephalia.