Cryptocynodon
Name:
Cryptocynodon
(Hidden Cynodon).
Phonetic: Krip-toe-sy-no-don.
Named By: Harry Govier Seeley - 1895.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Dicynodontia.
Species: C. parringtoni, C.
schroederi, C. simus.
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Tanzania?
Time period: Late Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Cryptocynodon is a genus of dicynodont that lived in the Late Permian.
Further reading
- New specimens of the tanzanian dicynodont ‘Cryptocynodon’
parringtoni Von Huene, 1942 (Therapsida,
Anomodontia), with
an expanded analysis of Permian dicynodont phylogeny. - Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology vol 27, issue 1 - Kenneth D.
Angielczyk - 2007.
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