Therioherpetidae

Therioherpetidae; Temporal range: Middle Triassic to Late Triassic, 245–220 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	Cynodontia
Clade:	Prozostrodontia
Family:	†Therioherpetidae; Barberena and Bonaparte, 1975
Genus
	Therioherpeton; Charruodon; Meurthodon;

Therioherpetidae is an extinct family of threrapsids. It is based on Therioherpeton cargnini, a small cynodont who lived in the Triassic and was collected in Santa Maria, Santa Maria Formation, the Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil. This family consists of small carnivores presenting features of the basal mammal Morganucodon (Barberena and Bonaparte, 2001).

For this characteristic Therioherpeton was touted as a likely ancestor of mammals.

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