Biology:Traversodon

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Short description: Extinct genus of cynodonts

Traversodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Fossil of Traversodon sp.jpg
Fossil of Traversodon sp.. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan .
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Wikidata ☰ Q1065542 entry