Candelariodon
| Candelariodon Temporal range: Middle Triassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Eutheriodontia |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Genus: | †Candelariodon De Oliveira et al., 2011 |
| Species: | † C. barberenai |
| Binomial name | |
| Candelariodon barberenai De Oliveira et al., 2011 | |
Candelariodon is an extinct genus of carnivorous cynodont from Middle Triassic deposits of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Candelariodon is known from a partial mandible having some complete teeth. It was collected from the Santa Maria Formation. It was first named by Téo Veiga De Oliveira, Cesar Leandro Schultz, Marina Bento Soares and Carlos Nunes Rodrigues in 2011 and the type species is Candelariodon barberenai.[1]
References
- ↑ Téo Veiga De Oliveira, Cesar Leandro Schultz, Marina Bento Soares and Carlos Nunes Rodrigues (2011). "A new carnivorous cynodont (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Brazilian Middle Triassic (Santa Maria Formation): Candelariodon barberenai gen. et sp. nov." (PDF). Zootaxa 3027: 19–28. ISSN 1175-5334.
| Triassic Period | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lower/Early Triassic | Middle Triassic | Upper/Late Triassic |
| Induan |Olenekian | Anisian | Ladinian | Carnian | Norian Rhaetian |
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