Nanogomphodon

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Nanogomphodon
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade:
Therapsida
Clade:
Cynodontia
Clade: Gomphodontia
Clade:
Neogomphodontia
Family: Traversodontidae
Genus: Nanogomphodon
Hopson & Sues, 2006
Type species
Nanogomphodon wildi
Hopson & Sues, 2006
Species[1]

Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006

Nanogomphodon is an extinct genus of

cynodonts which existed in Germany during the Middle Triassic period.[2]

Nanogomphodon were small

herbivorous traversodontid gomphodonts. The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi. They are only known from a few isolated teeth recovered in 2006 from the Erfurt Formation of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[3]

The name comes from Greek for "dwarf peg tooth"; from νάνος (nános, 'dwarf'), γόμφος (gómphos, 'peg' or 'nail'), and ὀδούς (odoús, 'tooth').

References

  1. ^ "Nanogomphodon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. S2CID 128486943
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