Trithelodon
| Trithelodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Tritheledontidae |
| Genus: | †Tritheledon Broom, 1912 |
| Species: | †T. riconoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Trithelodon riconoi Broom, 1912 | |
Trithelodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts that lived during the Lower Jurassic in modern South Africa. Like cynodonts, it had many traits shared by mammals. Trithelodonts were probably insectivores, and nocturnal animals.[1]
References
- ↑ Luo, Z-X, Z Kielan-Jaworowska & RL Cifelli (2002), In quest for a phylogeny of Mesozoic mammals. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 47: 1-78.
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