Theropsodon
| Theropsodon Temporal range: Middle Triassic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Genus: | †Theropsodon von Huene, 1950 |
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Theropsodon is a genus of traversodontid cynodont from the Middle Triassic of Tanzania. Fossils have been found from the Manda Formation. A single holotype skull of the type species T. njaliliris was named by German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene in 1950.[1]
References
- ↑ Huene, F. von (1950). "Die Theriodontier des ostafrikanischen Ruhuhu-Gebietes in der Tübinger Sammlung". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 92: 47–136.
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