Dadadon

Da-da-don.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on October 13, 2012

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Name

Dadadon.

Phonetic

Da-da-don.

Named By

J.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Flynn,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Parrish,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Rakotosamimanana,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Ranivoharimanana,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Simpson‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Wyss‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Traversodontidae,‭ ‬Massetognathinae.

Diet

Carnivore‭?

Species

D.‭ ‬isaloi

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Madagascar‭ ‬-‭ ‬Makay Formation.

Time Period

Ladinian to the Mid Triassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains of at least two individuals.

In Depth

Dadadon is a massetognathine cynodont that lived in Madagascar during the Triassic.

-‭ ‬New traversodontids‭ (‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Eucynodontia‭) ‬from the Triassic of Madagascar.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬20‭(‬3‭)‬:422-427.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Flynn,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Parrish,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Rakotosamimanana,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Ranivoharimanana,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Simpson‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Wyss‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000. – New material of Dadadon isaloi (Cynodontia, Traversodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (6): 1292–1302. – L. Ranivoharimanana, C. F. Kammerer, J. J. Flynn & A. R. Wyss – 2011.

Dadadon

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