Theropsodon
Theropsodon Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Traversodontidae |
Genus: | †Theropsodon von Huene, 1950 |
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Theropsodon is an extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts from the Middle Triassic of Tanzania. Fossils have been found from the Manda Formation. A single holotype skull of the type species T. njaliliris was named by German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene in 1950.[1]
References[]
- ^ Huene, F. von (1950). "Die Theriodontier des ostafrikanischen Ruhuhu-Gebietes in der Tübinger Sammlung". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 92: 47–136.
Categories:
- Traversodontids
- Prehistoric cynodont genera
- Middle Triassic synapsids of Africa
- Fossil taxa described in 1950
- Taxa named by Friedrich von Huene
- Prehistoric therapsid stubs