Menadon
| Menadon Temporal range: Middle to Late Triassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Stem group: | †Gomphodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Gomphodontosuchinae |
| Genus: | †Menadon Flynn et al., 2000 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Menadon besairiei Flynn et al., 2000 | |
Menadon is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Madagascar during the middle to late Triassic period. The type species is Menadon besairiei.[1]
Recent research has shown the existence of Menadon besairiei in Paleorrota geopark in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Menadon besairiei in Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
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