Biology:Minicynodon

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Short description: Extinct genus of prozostrodontian cynodonts

Minicynodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic
~221.5–205.6 Ma
Minicynodon.jpg
Skull
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Brasilodontidae
Genus: Minicynodon
Bonaparte et al. 2010
Species:
M. maieri
Binomial name
Minicynodon maieri
Bonaparte et al. 2010

Minicynodon is an extinct genus of carnivorous brasilodontid cynodonts from the Late Triassic period. It lived during the late Triassic period (Carnian to Norian stage) in what is now Faxinal do Soturno, Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil . It is known from the holotype UFRGS PV 1030 T, a partial skull, recovered from the middle section of the Caturrita Formation, in paleorrota geopark. Minicynodon was named by José Fernando Bonaparte, César Leandro Schultz, Marina Bento Soares and Agustín G. Martinelli in 2010 and the type species is Minicynodon maieri.[1]

References

  1. José Fernando Bonaparte; César Leandro Schultz; Marina Bento Soares; Agustín G. Martinelli (2010). "La Fauna local de faxinal do soturno, Triasico tardio de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 13 (3): 233–246. doi:10.4072/rbp.2010.3.07. http://www.sbpbrasil.org/revista/edicoes/13_3/233a246_La%20fauna%20local.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6865215 entry