Biology:Tritheledon
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Short description: Extinct genus of cynodonts
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Tritheledontidae |
| Genus: | †Tritheledon Broom 1912 |
| Species: | †T. riconoi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tritheledon riconoi Broom 1912
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Tritheledon is an extinct genus of cynodonts that lived during the Lower Jurassic. Fossils were found in the Elliot Formation, South Africa . Like all cynodonts, it had many traits shared by mammals. Tritheledonts were probably insectivores, and nocturnal animals.[1]
References
- ↑ Luo, Z-X, Z Kielan-Jaworowska & RL Cifelli (2002), In quest for a phylogeny of Mesozoic mammals. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 47: 1-78.
Further reading
- R. Broom. 1912. On a new type of cynodont from the Stormberg. Annals of the South African Museum 7:334-336
Wikidata ☰ Q3281435 entry
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