Traversodon

Traversodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Fossil of Traversodon sp.. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Therapsida
Suborder:Cynodontia
Family:Traversodontidae
Genus:Traversodon
von Huene, 1936
Species
  • T. stahleckeri von Huene, 1936(type)

Traversodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts. It was a relative of the direct ancestor to modern mammals.

Traversodon lived in what is now South America.

Species

Traversodon stahleckeri was first found by Friedrich von Huene in 1936 in the Geopark of Paleorrota, São Pedro do Sul, Brazil.

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