Biology:Rewaconodon

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Short description: Extinct genus of cynodonts

Rewaconodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Dromatheriidae
Genus: Rewaconodon
Datta et al., 2004
Type species
Rewaconodon tikiensis
Datta et al., 2004
Other species
  • R. indicus Bhat et al., 2020[1]

Rewaconodon is an extinct genus of dromatheriid cynodonts which existed in India during the upper Triassic period. It is known from two species: R. tikiensis and R. indicus, both of which were found in the Tiki Formation.[2][1] Other, undescribed species may have lived in North America.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bhat, M. S.; Ray, S.; Datta, P. M. (2020). "New cynodonts (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic of India and their significances". Journal of Paleontology: 1–18. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.95. 
  2. P. M. Datta, D. P. Das & Z.-X. Luo (2004). "A Late Triassic dromatheriid (Synapsida: Cynodontia) from India". Annals of Carnegie Museum 73 (2): 12–24. 
  3. Andrew B. Heckert; Spencer G. Lucas (2006). Jerry D. Harris. ed. "Micro- and small vertebrate biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Upper Triassic Chinle group, southwestern USA". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37: 94–104. https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/asu/f/Heckert_A_2006_37_Micro.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7319015 entry