Name
Mitredon.
Phonetic
My-ter-don.
Named By
M. D. Shapiro & F. A. Jenkins - 2001.
Classification
Chordata, Mammalia, Synapsida, Therapsida, Cynodontia, Eucynodontia, Trithelodontidae.
Diet
Carnivore?
Species
M. cromptoni
Size
Unavailable.
Known locations
Greenland - Fleming Fjord Formation, �rsted Dal Member.
Time Period
Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation
Partial remains.
Mitredon is a genus of cynodont that lived in what is now Greenland during the late Triassic.
- A cynodont from the Upper Triassic of East Greenland: tooth replacement and double-rootedness. - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156:49-58. - M. D. Shapiro & F. A. Jenkins - 2001.
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