†Rutiodon Emmons 1856 (archosaur)
Reptilia - Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 38299
Alternative spellings: Rhytidiodon, Rhytidodon
Synonym: Metarhinus Jaekel 1910 (taxon 167569)
Full reference: E. Emmons. 1856. Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina xx-351
Parent taxon: Mystriosuchinae according to C. F. Kammerer et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Angistorhinus, Brachysuchus, Leptosuchomorpha, Protome, Volcanosuchus, Phytosaurinae
Subtaxa: Palaeonornis, Palaeonornis struthionoides, Rutiodon carolinensis
Type: Rutiodon carolinensis
Ecology: carnivore