clevosaur

clevosaur

English

Noun

clevosaur (plural clevosaurs)

1. An extinct sphenodontian reptile of the genus Clevosaurus.
   • 2015 September 11, “New Data on the Clevosaurus (Sphenodontia: Clevosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0137523:

     For the early Mesozoic (Late Triassic) of South American, sphenodontian opisthodontians are known from northern Argentina and clevosaurs from south Brazil.