Tikiodon

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Tikiodon Temporal range: Late Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Clade:	Mammaliamorpha
Genus:	†Tikiodon Bhat et al., 2020
Species:	†T. cromptoni
Binomial name
†Tikiodon cromptoni Bhat et al., 2020

Tikiodon is an extinct genus of

The generic name Tikiodon comes from the Tiki Formation, itself named after the nearby village of Tiki, and the Greek word odon, meaning "tooth". The specific epithet cromptoni is a reference to South African palaeontologist Alfred W. Crompton.^[1]

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