In Depth Aleodon is a genus of cynodont that lived during the Triassic. The type species A. brachyrhamphus is at the time of writing known only from Africa, whereas the second species A. cromptoni is known from South America. Aleodon existed a time when the continents of South America and Africa were still joined. Further … Read more
In Depth Agudotherium is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in South America during the late Triassic. Further Reading - A New Prozostrodontian Cynodont (Eucynodontia, Probainognathia) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (3): e1782415. - Micheli Stefanello, Leonardo Kerber, Agustin G. Martinelli, & S�rgio Dias-Da-Silva - 2020.
In Depth Purbeckodon is a genus of mammaliaform that lived in the early Cretaceous. Mammaliformes like Purbeckodon were mammal-like but were not quite true mammals. Regardless, Purbeckodon would have still resembled a small rodent in terms of physical appearance. Further Reading - Possible persistence of the morganucodontans in the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group (Dorset, … Read more
In Depth Known from a partial skull initially thought to belong to the Procynosuchus genus, Abdalodon was defined as a distinct genus in 2016. Abdalodon was named in honour of palaeontologist Fernando Abdala, in recognition of their work on cynodonts. Further Reading - A new taxon of cynodont from the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone (Upper Permian) … Read more