Nanogomphodon

Name: Nanogomphodon ‭(‬dwarf peg tooth‭)‬.
Phonetic: Nan-o-gom-foe-don.
Named By: J.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Hopson‭ & ‬H.-D.‭ ‬Sues‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Cynognathia,‭ ‬Gomphodontia,‭ ‬Traversodontidae.
Species: N.‭ ‬wildi‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Germany‭ ‬-‭ ‬Erfurt Formation.
Time period: Ladinian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Teeth.

       Nanogomphodon is a genus of cynodont that lived in Germany during the Mid Triassic.‭ ‬Nanogomphodon is also a tooth taxon on the basis that the only known fossils of the genus are teeth.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A traversodont cynodont from the Middle Triassic‭ (‬Ladinian‭) ‬of Baden-Württemberg‭ (‬Germany‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontologische Zeitschrift‭ ‬80‭(‬2‭)‬:124-129.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Hopson‭ & ‬H.-D.‭ ‬Sues‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.



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