Microgomphodon

My-krow-gom-foe-don.

John Stewart

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Stewart, J. (2016, March 26). Microgomphodon. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/microgomphodon/

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Name

Microgomphodon.

Phonetic

My-krow-gom-foe-don.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Therocephalia,‭ ‬Scylacosauria,‭ ‬Eutherocephalia,‭ ‬Bauriidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

M.‭ ‬oligocynus‭

Size

Largest known skull up to‭ ‬89‭ ‬millimetres long.

Known locations

Namibia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Omingonde Formation,‭ ‬and South Africa.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Burgersdorp Formation.

Time Period

Olenekian to Anisian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Several individuals.

In Depth

       Microgomphodon is one of the more common genera of therocephalian therapsids,‭ ‬and is also one of the last known to have survived.‭

Further Reading

-‭ ‬New Material of Microgomphodon oligocynus‭ (‬Eutherapsida,‭ ‬Therocephalia‭) ‬and the Taxonomy of Southern African Bauriidae‭”‬.‭ ‬Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology.‭ ‬-‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Abdala,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Jashashvili,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Rubidge‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Den Heever‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

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