Proexaeretodon
Appearance
Proexaeretodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Traversodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Gomphodontosuchinae |
Genus: | †Proexaeretodon Bonaparte, 1963 |
Species | |
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Proexaeretodon is a genus of traversodontid from the Late Triassic (Carnian) Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina.[1] Although long considered a junior synonym of Exaeretodon, Schmitt et al. revalidated this genus in 2023 based on comparisons with Santagnathus.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Bonaparte, J. F. (1963). "Un nuevo cinodonte gonfodonte del Triásico Medio Superior de San Juan, Proexaeretodon vincei n. gen., n. sp". Acta Geológica Lilloana. 4: 129–133.
- ^ Schmitt, Maurício Rodrigo; Martinelli, Agustín Guillermo; Kaiuca, João Felipe Leal; Schultz, Cesar Leandro & Soares, Marina Bento (2023). "Old fossil findings in the Upper Triassic rocks of southern Brazil improve diversity of traversodontid cynodonts (Therapsida, Cynodontia)". The Anatomical Record. 307 (4): 1474–1514. doi:10.1002/ar.25244. PMID 37246488. S2CID 258960737.