Trithelodon
| Trithelodon Temporal range: Lower Jurassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Infraorder: | Eucynodontia |
| Family: | Trithelodontidae |
| Genus: | Trithelodon Broom, 1912 |
| Binomial name | |
| Tritheledon riconoi Broom, 1912 | |
Trithelodon was an extinct genus of cynodontian therapsid 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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