In Depth Lumkuia is a genus of cynodont that lived in South Africa during the Triassic. Further Reading - A probainognathian cynodont from South Africa and the phylogeney of nonmammalian cynodonts. - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156(1):5-35. - J. A. Hopson & J. W. Kitching - 2001.
In Depth Irajatherium is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the Triassic. Further Reading - A new tritheledontid (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and its phylogenetic relationships among carnivorous non-mammalian eucynodonts. - Ameghiniana 42(1):191-208. - A. G. Martinelli, J. F. Bonaparte, C. L. Schultz … Read more
In Depth Menadon is a genus of cynodont that lived in both Madagascar and Brazil, during the Triassic. Given that these two locations would have still been attached to Africa during the Triassic, it is likely that Menadon was also present in parts of Africa, though at the time of writing no fossils have been … Read more
In Depth Cynosaurus is a genus of therapsid that lived in South Africa during the Late Permian, and is perceived to have been similar to Galesaurus. Cynosaurus should not be confused with the genus Cyonosaurus. Further Reading – Cranial morphology and phylogenetic analyses of Cynosaurus suppostus (Therapsida, Cynodontia) from the upper Permian of the Karoo … Read more
In Depth Nanogomphodon is a genus of cynodont that lived in Germany during the Mid Triassic. Nanogomphodon is also a tooth taxon on the basis that the only known fossils of the genus are teeth. Further Reading - A traversodont cynodont from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Baden-W�rttemberg (Germany). - Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 80(2):124-129. - J. … Read more
In Depth Platycraniellus is a genus of therapsid that lived in South Africa during the early Triassic. Further Reading - Redescription of Platycraniellus elegans (Therapsida, Cynodontia) from the lower Triassic of South Africa, and the cladistic relationships of eutheriodonts. - Palaeontology col 50, issue 3 pp 591-618. - Fernando Abdala - 2007.
In Depth Exaeretodon seems to have been more herbivorous given that the teeth and jaw structure of Exaeretodon seem to be more suited to grinding. One interesting point of note however is that very young juveniles had no teeth. This suggests that young Exaeretodon had to stay with the mother for an extended period of … Read more
In Depth First described as a species of Thrinaxodon, Prozostrodon is a genus of cynodont that used to live in South America during the Triassic. Further Reading - On two advanced carnivorous cynodonts from the Late Triassic of Southern Brazil. - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156:59-80. - J. F. Bonaparte & M. … Read more
In Depth Protheriodon is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the Triassic and so far is known only from a partial skull. Further Reading - A new non-mammalian cynodont from the Middle Triassic of southern Brazil and its implications for the ancestry of mammals. - The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition, New Mexico … Read more
In Depth Brasilitherium is a genus of small insectivorous cynodont that lived in Brazil during the late Triassic. Brasilitherium was named alongside another similar cynodont called Brasilodon. Further Reading - The sister group of mammals: small cynodonts from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil. - Revista Brasileira de Paleontolog�a 5:5-27. - J. F. Bonaparte, A. … Read more