| Nanogomphodon Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | † Gomphodontia |
| Clade: | † Neogomphodontia |
| Family: | † Traversodontidae |
| Genus: | † Nanogomphodon Hopson & Sues, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| †Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006 | |
| Species [1] | |
†Nanogomphodon wildiHopson & Sues, 2006 | |
Nanogomphodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in Germany during the Middle Triassic period. [2]
Nanogomphodon were small herbivorous traversodontid gomphodonts. The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi. They are only known from a few isolated teeth recovered in 2006 from the Erfurt Formation of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [3]
The name comes from Greek for "dwarf peg tooth"; from νάνος (nános, 'dwarf'), γόμφος (gómphos, 'peg' or 'nail'), and ὀδούς (odoús, 'tooth').
