Mitredon

Mitredon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in the Fleming Fjord Formation of Greenland during the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) period. The type species is Mitredon cromptoni.[1]

Mitredon
Temporal range: Rhaetian
~205.6–201.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Tritheledontidae
Genus: Mitredon
Shapiro & Jenkins 2001
Type species
Mitredon cromptoni
Shapiro & Jenkins 2001

References

  1. Shapiro, M.D. and Jenkins Jr., F.A. (2001). "A cynodont from the Upper Triassic of East Greenland: tooth replacement and double-rootedness": In: Studies in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology in honor of A. W. Crompton, edited by Jenkins Jr, F.A., Shapiro, M.D., and Owerkowicz, T. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156 (1): 49-58.


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