Traversodon
Extinct genus of cynodonts
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Traversodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts. It was a relative of the ancestor to modern mammals.
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| Fossil of Traversodon sp.. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Traversodontinae |
| Genus: | †Traversodon von Huene, 1936 |
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Traversodon lived in what is now South America.[1]
Species
Traversodon stahleckeri was first found by Friedrich von Huene in 1936 in the Geopark of Paleorrota, São Pedro do Sul, Brazil.
