Brasilodontidae

Brasilodontidae
Temporal range: Upper/Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Cynodontia
Family: Brasilodontidae
Genus

The brasilodontids include non-mammalian cynodonts that are currently considered to be the sister group of mammals. They were small, the size of a mouse. The brasilodontids' remains were found in the municipalities of Candelária and Faxinal do Soturno. The species, Brasilodon quadrangularis, is known only from Paleorrota. [1] [2] [3][4] [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Brasilodon quadrangularis". Home.arcor.de. http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/tritheledonta.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  2. ^ "Univerdidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul". Lume.ufrgs.br. http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/handle/10183/6179. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 
  3. ^ Picture.
  4. ^ Paleogiology Database.
  5. ^ Paleogiology Database.

External links

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Synapsida · Order: Therapsida · (unranked): Neotherapsida · (unranked): Theriodontia · (unranked): Eutheriodontia
 
Major clades
 
?Aleodon ·  ?Belesodon · Chiniquodon ·  ?Gaumia ·  ?Probelesodon
Dromatheriidae
Deccanodon · Dromatherium · Microconodon · Pseudotriconodon' · Rewaconodon · Tricuspes
Tritheledonta
Brasilodontidae
Charruodon · Meurthodon · Riogranda · Therioherpeton
Chaliminia · Diarthrognathus · Elliotherium ·  ?Eoraetia · Irajatherium · Mitredon · Pachygenelus · Pattsia
 
Related categories
Cynodonts