Traversodon

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Traversodon Temporal range: Late Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Traversodon sp.. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Family:	†Traversodontidae
Subfamily:	†Traversodontinae
Genus:	†Traversodon von Huene, 1936
Species
†T. stahleckeri von Huene, 1936(type)

Traversodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts. It was a relative of the ancestor to modern mammals.

Traversodon lived in what is now South America.

Species[]

Traversodon stahleckeri was first found by Friedrich von Huene in 1936 in the Geopark of Paleorrota, São Pedro do Sul, Brazil.

References[]

• Paleobiology Database
• UNIVERSIDADE DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

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