Trithelodon
| Trithelodon Temporal range: fossil_rangeLower Jurassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Infraorder: | Eucynodontia |
| Family: | Trithelodontidae |
| Genus: | Trithelodon Broom, 1912 |
| Binomial name | |
| Tritheledon riconoi Broom, 1912 | |
Trithelodon was an extinct genus of a group of mammal-like reptiles called cynodonts that lived during the Lower Jurassic in modern South Africa. Like cynodonts, it had many traits shared by mammals. Trithelodonts were probably insectivores, and nocturnal animals.[1]
References
- ↑ Luo, Z-X, Z Kielan-Jaworowska & RL Cifelli (2002), In quest for a phylogeny of Mesozoic mammals. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 47: 1-78.