Abajudon

Abajudon; Temporal range: Middle Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	† Anomodontia
Clade:	† Dicynodontia
Family:	† Endothiodontidae
Genus:	† Abajudon
Species:	†A. kaayai
Binomial name
	†Abajudon kaayai; Angielczyk et al. 2014

Last updated December 21, 2025

Abajudon is an extinct genus of dicynodont that lived in what is now Africa, then a part of Pangaea, during the Guadalupian epoch.

Description

The autapomorphies of Abajudon kaayai include maxillary teeth that bear a deep groove on the mesial surface as well as procurved tips and that are triangular in cross-section.^[1]

References

↑ Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Huertas, Sébastien; Smith, Roger M. H.; Tabor, Neil J.; Sidor, Christian A.; Steyer, Jean-Sébastien; Tsuji, Linda A.; Gostling, Neil J. (19 September 2014). "New dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and updated tetrapod stratigraphy of the Permian Ruhuhu Formation (Songea Group, Ruhuhu Basin) of southern Tanzania". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 34 (6): 1408–1426. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.880448. ISSN 0272-4634 . Retrieved 20 December 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Huertas, Sébastien; Smith, Roger M. H.; Tabor, Neil J.; Sidor, Christian A.; Steyer, Jean-Sébastien; Tsuji, Linda A.; Gostling, Neil J. (19 September 2014). "New dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and updated tetrapod stratigraphy of the Permian Ruhuhu Formation (Songea Group, Ruhuhu Basin) of southern Tanzania". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 34 (6): 1408–1426. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.880448. ISSN 0272-4634 . Retrieved 20 December 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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