Santacruzodon

Santacruzodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Suborder: Cynodontia
Family: Traversodontidae
Genus: Santacruzodon
Species

Santacruzodon is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Brazil during the Triassic period. The type species is Santacruzodon hopsoni.[1]

Species

Santacruzodon Hopson, is a species that was collected in 1995 in Santa Cruz do Sul, in the Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil. This species is linked to dadadon, found in Madagascar.

Notes

References

  1. ^ Abdala, F. and Ribeiro, A.M. (2003). "A new traversodontid cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation (Ladinian-Carnian) of southern Brazil, with a phylogenetic analysis of Gondwanan traversodontids". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 529–545.