Minicynodon

Name: Minicynodon ‭(‬Small Cynodon‭)‬.
Phonetic: Min-e-sy-no-don.
Named By: J.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Bonaparte,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Schultz,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Soares‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Martinelli‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia, Brasilodontidae.
Species: M.‭ ‬maieri‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Brazil‭ ‬-Caturrita Formation.
Time period: Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.

       Minicynodon is a genus of small cynodont that lived in South America during the late Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬La fauna local de Faxinal do Soturno,‭ ‬Triásico Tardío de Rio Grande do Sul,‭ ‬Brasil.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Revista Brasileira de Paleontología‭ ‬13‭(‬3‭)‬:233-246‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Bonaparte,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Schultz,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Soares‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Martinelli‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.



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