| Tricuspes Temporal range: Rhaetian Late Triassic (Rhaetian) |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Infraorder: | Mammalia |
| Family: | ?Dromatheriidae |
| Genus: | Tricuspes Huene, 1933 |
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Tricuspes is an extinct genus of cynodont that lived in what would be Europe during the Triassic from 203.6—199.6 mya, existing for approximately 4 million years.[1] Three species are known: Tricuspes tubingensis Huene, 1933, Tricuspes sigogneauae Hahn et al 1994 and Tricuspes tapeinodon Godefroit and Battail, 1997, which are all from the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) period in continental Europe.
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Teeth of Tricuspes tubingensis Huene have been found at the following locations:
This genus is represented only by isolated teeth found in continental Europe. Its postcanine molariform teeth are tricuspate or tetracuspate and the tooth roots are incipiently divided.
Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, and Zhe-Xi Luo, Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004), 186.
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