Genus: Teraterpeton SUES, 2003
Etymology: Greek, teras, "wonder, prodigy" and Greek, erpeton, "a creeping thing (reptile)" : In reference ot the unusual features of the skull in this reptile.
= Genus nova SUES, 2001

Species: hrynewichorum SUES, 2003
Etymology: In honor of George P. Hrynewich, the discoverer of the holotype, and his son, Sandy, who ably aassisted in collecting the material.

Holotype: NSM 999GF041

Locality: Slump block from sea cliff below Burntcoat Head Coumminty Park, Burntcoat Head, lat. 45°18’26”N, long. 63°48’15”W, Hants County, Nova Scotia Province, Canada.

Horizon: Evangeline Member, Wolfville Formation, Fundy Group, Newark Supergroup.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Nearly complete skull and dentary, preserved in articulation with cervical vertebrae and ribs, dorsal vertebrae, ribs and gastralia, sacral and proximal caudal vertebrae, right scapula, left and right coracoids, both ?clavicles and partial ?interclavicle, partial right humerus and manus, fragment of right ilium, partial right femur, and 2 partial pedal digits.

Referred matrial:

PRITCHARD & SUES, 2019

NSM 018GF010.001: Isoalted partial cervical vertebra with fused right cervical rib.

NSM 018GF010.002: Dorsoventrally sonewhat crushed pelvic region of a postcranial skeleton with much of the pelvic girdle and seven proximal caudal vertebrae, associated left hind limb with articulated incomplete femur, tibia, fibula, tarsus and pes and right femur in articulation with partial right tibia and fibula.