Menadon

Menadon
Temporal range: Mid-Late Triassic
~235.0–221.5 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Therapsida
Suborder:Cynodontia
Family:†Traversodontidae
Subfamily:†Gomphodontosuchinae
Genus:†Menadon
Flynn et al., 2000
Species: †M. besairiei
Binomial name
Menadon besairiei
Flynn et al., 2000

Menadon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in Madagascar during the Middle to Late Triassic period. The type and only species is Menadon besairiei.[1]

Fossils of Menadon besairiei have also been found in the Santa Maria Formation of Paleorrota geopark in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Flynn, J.J., Parrish, J.M., Rakotosamimanana, B., Ranivoharimanana, L., Simpson, W.F., and Wyss, A.R. (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.
  2. ↑ Menadon at Fossilworks.org


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