Nanogomphodon

Nanogomphodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in Germany during the Middle Triassic period.[2]

Nanogomphodon Temporal range: Middle Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
(unranked):	†Cynognathia
Stem group:	†Gomphodontia
Family:	†Traversodontidae
Genus:	†Nanogomphodon Hopson & Sues, 2006
Type species
†Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006
Species[1]
†Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006

Nanogomphodon were small herbivorous traversodontid gomphodonts. The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi. They are only known from a few isolated teeth recovered in 2006 from the Erfurt Formation of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[3]

The name comes from Greek for "dwarf peg tooth"; from νάνος (nános, 'dwarf'), γόμφος (gómphos, 'peg' or 'nail'), and ὀδούς (odoús, 'tooth').

See also

• Cynodont

References

1. "Nanogomphodon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
2. J.A. Hopson & H.D. Sues (2006). "A traversodont cynodont from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Baden-Württemberg (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 80 (2): 124–129. doi:10.1007/bf02988972.
3. Hans-Dieter Sues & Nicholas C. Fraser (2010). Triassic life on land: the great transition. Columbia University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-231-13522-1.