Centemodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}

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| fossil_range = Late Triassic, {{fossilrange|221|218}}

| taxon = Centemodon

| authority = Lea, 1856

| type_species = {{extinct}}Centemodon sulcatus

| type_species_authority = Lea, 1856

| synonyms = *Paleorhinus sulcatus (Lea, 1856)

• Rutiodon sulcatus (Lea, 1856)

}}

Centemodon (meaning "point tooth") is an extinct genus of basal phytosaur from the Late Triassic Period. It lived in what is now Pennsylvania, United States. It is classified as a nomen dubium.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090208132300/http://dinosauria.com/dml/names/phyto.htm#C Centemodon] in the Dinosaur On-Line Omnipedia It was found in the Red Sandstone Formation near the Schuyklill River.[http://www.paleofile.com/Pseudosuchia/Centemodon.asp Centemodon] at Paleofile.org Centemodon may have been related to Suchoprion. It was a small phytosaur, weighing no more than {{convert|200|kg|lbs}} when fully grown.