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Santacruzodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Traversodontidae
Subfamily: Massetognathinae
Genus: Santacruzodon
Species

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

Species

Santacruzodon hopsoni, 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.

References

  1. ^ Abdala, F. & 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. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00096.x.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Santacruzodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Traversodontidae
Subfamily: Massetognathinae
Genus: Santacruzodon
Species

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

Species

Santacruzodon hopsoni, 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.

References

  1. ^ Abdala, F. & 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. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00096.x.

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