Charruodon

Charruodon
Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Therapsida
Suborder:Cynodontia
Family:Therioherpetidae
Genus:Charruodon
Type species
C. tetracuspidatus
Abdala & Ribeiro, 2000

Charruodon tetracuspidatus is an extinct species of cynodonts which existed in Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil during the middle–late Triassic period. It is placed in its own genus, Charruodon.[1] Only one specimen is known, and is of uncertain provenance.[2]

References

  1. F. Abdala & A. M. Ribeiro (2000). "A new therioherpetid cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation (middle Late Triassic), southern Brazil" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 22 (4): 589–596.
  2. Max Cardoso Langer (2005). "Studies on continental Late Triassic tetrapod biochronology. I. The type locality of Saturnalia tupiniquim and the faunal succession in south Brazil" (PDF). Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 19: 205–218. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2005.04.003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-24.


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