Biology:Proexaeretodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of cynodonts
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Gomphodontosuchinae |
| Genus: | †Proexaeretodon Bonaparte, 1963 |
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Proexaeretodon is a genus of traversodontid from the Late Triassic (Carnian) Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina.[1] Although long considered a junior synonym of Exaeretodon, Schmitt et al. revalidated this genus in 2023 based on comparisons with Santagnathus.[2]
References
- ↑ Bonaparte, J. F. (1963). "Un nuevo cinodonte gonfodonte del Triásico Medio Superior de San Juan, Proexaeretodon vincei n. gen., n. sp.". Acta Geológica Lilloana 4: 129–133.
- ↑ Schmitt, Maurício Rodrigo; Martinelli, Agustín Guillermo; Kaiuca, João Felipe Leal; Schultz, Cesar Leandro; Soares, Marina Bento (2023). "Old fossil findings in the Upper Triassic rocks of southern Brazil improve diversity of traversodontid cynodonts (Therapsida, Cynodontia)". The Anatomical Record: 1–41. doi:10.1002/ar.25244. PMID 37246488.
Wikidata ☰ Q118902406 entry
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