Charruodon
| Charruodon Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Late Triassic | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Therioherpetidae |
| Genus: | †Charruodon |
| Type species | |
| †C. tetracuspidatus Abdala & Ribeiro, 2000 | |
Charruodon tetracuspidatus is an extinct species of synapsid which existed in Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil during the middle–late Triassic period. It is placed in its own genus, Charruodon.[1] Only one specimen is known, and is of uncertain provenance.[2]
References
- ↑ F. Abdala & A. M. Ribeiro (2000). "A new therioherpetid cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation (middle Late Triassic), southern Brazil" (PDF). Geodiversitas 22 (4): 589–596.
- ↑ Max Cardoso Langer (2005). "Studies on continental Late Triassic tetrapod biochronology. I. The type locality of Saturnalia tupiniquim and the faunal succession in south Brazil" (PDF). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 19: 205–218. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2005.04.003.
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