Dadadon

Dadadon
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Skull of Dadadon isaloi in the Field Museum of Natural History.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Therapsida
Suborder:Cynodontia
Family:†Traversodontidae
Subfamily:†Massetognathinae
Genus:†Dadadon
Flynn et al., 2000
Species
  • †D. isaloi Flynn et al., 2000 (type)

Dadadon is an extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts which existed in Madagascar during the late Middle Triassic. The only species in the genus is Dadadon isaloi.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ John J. Flynn; J. Michael Parrish; Berthe Rakotosamimanana; Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana; William F. Simpson & André R. Wyss (2000). "New traversodontids (Synapsida: Eucynodontia) from the Triassic of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 422–427. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0422:NTSEFT]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524114.
  2. ↑ Ranivoharimanana, L.; Kammerer, C.F.; Flynn, J.J.; Wyss, A.R. (2011). "New material of Dadadon isaloi (Cynodontia, Traversodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (6): 1292–1302. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.618154.


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