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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Brasilodontidae |
| Genus: | †Protheriodon |
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References
- 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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