In Depth Nuurtherium is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in Asia during the Late Jurassic. Further Reading - Two New Tritylodontids (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Upper Jurassic, Southwestern Mongolia. - American Museum Novitates 3874:1-35. - P. M. Velazco, A. J. Buczek & M. J. Novacek - 2017.
In Depth Kalaallitkigun is a genus of cynodont that lived in Greenland during the Triassic. At the time of its description Kalaallitkigun is known only from a partial lower jaw bone and a premolar and molar tooth. The teeth structure of the molar suggests that Kalaallitkigun was intermediate in its development lying somewhere between more … Read more
In Depth Siriusgnathus is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the Late Triassic. Further Reading - A new Upper Triassic cynodont-bearing fossiliferous site from southern Brazil, with taphonomic remarks and description of a new traversodontid taxon. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 88:179-196. - A. E. B. Pavanatto, F. A. Pretto, … Read more
In Depth Scalenodon is a genus of cynodont that lived during the mid Triassic. Further Reading - On some Triassic cynodonts from Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 125:617-669. - A. W. Crompton - 1955. - Cynodonts of Gondwanan habit in the Middle Triassic of the USSR. - Paleontological Journal. 2: 200–205. - … Read more
In Depth A tooth taxon, Dobunnodon was originally named as a species of Borealestes. Dobunnodon was a docodont cynodontid therapsid that lived in England during the Jurassic. Further reading - New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes (Mammaliformes: Docodonta) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles. - Zoological Journal of the Linnean … Read more
In Depth Etjoia is a genus of traversodontid cynodont that lived in Africa during the Triassic. Like other traversodontids, Etjoia is expected to have been herbivorous. Further Reading - A new traversodontid cynodont with a peculiar postcanine dentition from the Middle/Late Triassic of Namibia and dental evolution in basal gomphodonts. - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. … Read more
In Depth Nshimbodon is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in Africa during the late Permian. Further Reading - A basal nonmammaliaform cynodont from the Permian of Zambia and the origins of mammalian endocranial and postcranial anatomy. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e1827413. - Adam K. Huttenlocker & Christian A. Sidor - 2020.
In Depth Kataigidodon is a genus of cynodont that lived in North America during the Triassic. Further reading - A new non-mammalian eucynodont from the Chinle Formation (Triassic: Norian), and implications for the early Mesozoic equatorial cynodont record. - Biological Letters. - B. T. Kligman, A. D. Marsh, H. D. Sues & C. A. Sidor … Read more
In Depth Borealestes is a genus of docodont therapsid that lived in Scotland during the Permian. A former species B. mussettae, has now been given its own genus, Dobunnodon. Further reading - The first Jurassic mammal from Scotland. - Journal of the Geological Society 128:119-125. - M. Waldman & R. J. G. Savage - 1972. … Read more
In Depth Inditherium is a genus of cynodont that lived in India during the Triassic. Further reading - New cynodonts (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic of India and their significances. - Journal of Paleontology: 1–18. - M. S. Bhat, S. Ray & P. M. Datta - 2020.