Protheriodon

Protheriodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in the Santa Maria Formation of the Paraná Basin in southeastern Brazil during the middle Triassic period. It contains the species Protheriodon estudianti.[1]

Protheriodon
Temporal range: Ladinian
~242–235 Ma
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Brasilodontidae
Genus: Protheriodon
Species

References

  1. Bonaparte, J.F., Soares, M.B. & Schultz, C.L. (2006), "A new non-mammalian cynodont from the Middle Triassic of southern Brazil and its implications for the ancestry of mammals", in Harris H.D., Lucas S.G., Spielmann J.A., Lockley M.G., Milner A.R.C. & Kirkland J.L. (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic terrestrial transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 37, p.599-607


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