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, Tri�sico Tard�o de Rio
Grande do Sul, Brasil. - Revista Brasileira de Paleontolog�a
13(3):233-246 - J. F. Bonaparte, C. L. Schultz,
M. B. Soares & A. G. Martinelli - 2010.