suggested that H. latidens is synonymous with the type species H. lyelli and that H. multidens belongs to a different genus of 'microsaur' which he named as Novascoticus. Both H. aciedentatus (also known as Smilerpeton aciedentatum) and H. wymani (RM 3061-9) are later reclassified as specimens of Dendrerpeton acadianum.

Description

Hylonomus was 20-25 cm long (including the tail). Most of them are 20 cm long and probably would have looked rather similar to modern lizards.

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