Nanogomphodon

Nanogomphodon
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Cynodontia
(unranked): Cynognathia
Stem: Gomphodontia
Family: Traversodontidae
Genus: Nanogomphodon
Hopson & Sues, 2006
Type species
Nanogomphodon wildi
Hopson & Sues, 2006
Species[1]

Nanogomphodon wildi
Hopson & Sues, 2006

Nanogomphodon is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Germany during the Middle Triassic period.[2]

Nanogomphodon were small herbivorous traversodontid gomphodonts. The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi. They are only known from a few isolated teeth recovered in 2006 from the Erfurt Formation of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[3]

The name comes from Greek for "dwarf peg tooth"; from νάνος (nanos, 'dwarf'), γόμφος (gómphos, 'peg' or 'nail'), and ὀδούς (odoús, 'tooth').

See also

References

  1. "Nanogomphodon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. J.A. Hopson & H.D. Sues (2006). "A traversodont cynodont from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Baden-Württemberg (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80 (2): 124–129. doi:10.1007/bf02988972.
  3. Hans-Dieter Sues & Nicholas C. Fraser (2010). Triassic life on land: the great transition. Columbia University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-231-13522-1.
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