Montirictus is an extinct genus of
tritylodonts known from the
Early CretaceousKuwajima Formation of
Japan. It was among the latest surviving tritylodontids, and is closely related to the earlier Xenocretosuchus from mainland Asia, and the
JurassicStereognathus from the UK.[1] It may be a species of the genus Stereognathus,[2] but resolution of its affinities conditions upon the discovery of additional material.[3]
References
^Matsuoka, H.; Kusuhashi, N.; Corfe, I.J. (July 2016). "A new early Cretaceous tritylodontid (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Kuwajima Formation (Tetori Group) of Central Japan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (4): e1112289.
Bibcode:
2016JVPal..36E2289M.
doi:
10.1080/02724634.2016.1112289.
S2CID130588924.
^Averianov, A.O.; Martin, T.; Lopatin, A.V.; Schultz, J.A.; Skutschas, P.P.; Rico, S.; Krasnolutskii, S.A. (2017). "A tritylodontid synapsid from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia and the taxonomy of derived tritylodontids". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (5): e1363767.
Bibcode:
2017JVPal..37E3767A.
doi:
10.1080/02724634.2017.1363767.
S2CID90249441.