Vetusodon

Vetusodon; Temporal range: Lopingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Clade:	Epicynodontia
Genus:	†Vetusodon; Abdala et al., 2019
Species:	†V. elikhulu
Binomial name
	†Vetusodon elikhulu; Abdala et al., 2019

Vetusodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts belonging to the clade Epicynodontia. It contains one species, Vetusodon elikhulu, which is known from four specimens found in the Late Permian Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa.^[1]

References[]

^ Abdala, Fernando; Gaetano, Leandro C; Smith, Roger M H; Rubidge, Bruce S (2019). "A new large cynodont from the Late Permian (Lopingian) of the South African Karoo Basin and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186 (4): 983–1005. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz004.

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[1] Abdala, Fernando; Gaetano, Leandro C; Smith, Roger M H; Rubidge, Bruce S (2019). "A new large cynodont from the Late Permian (Lopingian) of the South African Karoo Basin and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186 (4): 983–1005. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz004.

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