Brasilodon
Name:
Brasilodon
(Brazil tooth).
Phonetic: Bra-sil-o-don.
Named By: J. F. Bonaparte, A. G.
Martinelli, C. L. Schultz & R. Rubert - 2003.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia, Brasilodontidae.
Species: B. tetragonus
(type), B. quadrangularis.
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: About 12 centimetres long.
Known locations: Brazil - Caturrita Formation.
Time period: Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Brasilodon is a genus of very small cynodont that lived in Brazil during the late Triassic. Brasilodon was named alongside another similar cynodont called Brasilitherium.
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. G. Martinelli, C. L.
Schultz & R. Rubert - 2003.
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