Beishanodon

Name: Beishanodon ‭(‬white mountains tooth).
Phonetic: By-shan-o-don.
Named By: K.-Q.‭ ‬Gao,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Fox,‭ ‬C.-F.‭ ‬Zhou‭ & ‬D.-Q.‭ ‬Li‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Trirachodontidae,‭ ‬Sinognathinae.
Species: B.‭ ‬youngi‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore‭?
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hongyanjing Formation.
Time period: Olenekian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.

       Beishanodon is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in China during the Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new nonmammalian eucynodont‭ (‬Synapsida:‭ ‬Therapsida‭) ‬from the Triassic of northern Gansu Province,‭ ‬China,‭ ‬and its biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications.‭ ‬-‭ ‬American Museum Novitates‭ ‬3685:1-25.‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.-Q.‭ ‬Gao,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Fox,‭ ‬C.-F.‭ ‬Zhou‭ & ‬D.-Q.‭ ‬Li‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

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