Tritheledon

<i>Tritheledon</i>

Tritheledon

Extinct genus of cynodonts

Tritheledon is an extinct genus of cynodonts that lived during the Lower Jurassic. Fossils were found in the Elliot Formation, South Africa. Like all cynodonts, it had many traits shared by mammals. Tritheledonts were probably insectivores, and nocturnal animals.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Luo, Z-X, Z Kielan-Jaworowska & RL Cifelli (2002), In quest for a phylogeny of Mesozoic mammals. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 47: 1-78.

Further reading

  • R. Broom. 1912. On a new type of cynodont from the Stormberg. Annals of the South African Museum 7:334-336


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