Tessellatia
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| Tessellatia | |
|---|---|
| Holotype cranium of Tessellatia in various views and interpretations | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Probainognathia |
| Genus: | †Tessellatia Gaetano et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †T. bonapartei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tessellatia bonapartei Gaetano et al., 2022 | |
Tessellatia is an extinct genus of probainognathian cynodont from the Late Triassic Los Colorados Formation of La Rioja, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, T. bonapartei, known from a partial skull.[1]
