| Trithelodon Temporal range: Jurassic |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Infraorder: | Eucynodontia |
| Family: | Trithelodontidae |
| Genus: | Trithelodon |
Trithelodon was an extinct genus of a group of mammal-like reptiles called cynodonts. Like cynodonts, Trithelodon had many traits shared by mammals. Trithelodon was probably an insectivore, and nocturnal.