Aleodon
Name: Aleodon
(grinding tooth).
Phonetic: Al-e-o-don.
Named By: A. W. Crompton - 1955.
Classification: Chordata, Therapsida,
Cynodontia, Chiniquodontidae.
Species: A. brachyrhamphus
(type), A. cromptoni.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Skull of A. cromptoni
about 24
centimetres long. Body length of A. cromptoni
about 1.2 to
1.3 meters long.
Known locations: Brazil. Namibia - Omingonde
Formation. Tanzania - Manda Beds Formation.
Time period: Mid to late Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several
individuals.
Aleodon
is a
genus of cynodont
that lived during the Triassic. The type species
A. brachyrhamphus is at the time of writing known
only from Africa,
whereas the second species A. cromptoni is known
from South
America. Aleodon existed a time when the
continents of South America
and Africa were still joined.
Further reading
- On some Triassic
cynodonts from Tanganyika. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society
of London 125:617-669. - A. W. Crompton - 1955.
- A
Middle Triassic Cynodont Fauna from Namibia and its Implications for
the BioGeography of Gondwana. - Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology. 29: 837–851. - F. Abdala & R. M.
H. Smith - 2009.
- The African cynodont Aleodon
(Cynodontia, Probainognathia) in the Triassic of southern Brazil
and its biostratigraphic significance. - PLoS ONE
12(6):e0177948. - A. G. Martinelli, C. F. Kammerer,
T. P. Melo, V. D. Paes Neto, A. M. Ribeiro, A. A.
S. Da-Rosa, C. L. Schultz and M. B. Soares - 2017.
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