Dadadon

Dadadon
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Skull of Dadadon isaloi in the Field Museum of Natural History.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Cynodontia
Family: Traversodontidae
Subfamily: Massetognathinae
Genus: Dadadon
Flynn et al., 2000
Species
  • D. isaloi Flynn et al., 2000 (type)

Dadadon is a traversodontid cynodont which existed in Madagascar during the late Middle Triassic. The only species in the genus is Dadadon isaloi.[1][2]

References

  1. John J. Flynn, J. Michael Parrish, Berthe Rakotosamimanana, Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana, William F. Simpson & André R. Wyss (2000). "New traversodontids (Synapsida: Eucynodontia) from the Triassic of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 (3): 422–427. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0422:NTSEFT]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524114.
  2. Ranivoharimanana, L.; Kammerer, C.F.; Flynn, J.J.; Wyss, A.R. (2011). "New material of Dadadon isaloi (Cynodontia, Traversodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (6): 1292–1302. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.618154.
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