Theropsodon

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Theropsodon
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Traversodontidae
Genus: Theropsodon
von Huene, 1950
Species
  • T. njalilirsvon Huene, 1950 (type)

Theropsodon is an extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts from the Middle Triassic of Tanzania. Fossils have been found from the Manda Formation. A single holotype skull of the type species T. njaliliris was named by German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene in 1950. [1]

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References

  1. Huene, F. von (1950). "Die Theriodontier des ostafrikanischen Ruhuhu-Gebietes in der Tübinger Sammlung". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 92: 47–136.