Traversodon

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Traversodon
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Cynodontia
Family: Traversodontidae
Genus: Traversodon

Traversodon is a genus of therapsid. Being a cynodont, it was the relative of the direct ancestor to modern mammals.

[edit] In popular culture

A Traversodon scares off a Coelophysis in When Dinosaurs Roamed America.