Dadadon

Name: Dadadon.
Phonetic: Da-da-don.
Named By: J.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Flynn,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Parrish,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Rakotosamimanana,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Ranivoharimanana,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Simpson‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Wyss‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Traversodontidae,‭ ‬Massetognathinae.
Species: D.‭ ‬isaloi‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Madagascar‭ ‬-‭ ‬Makay Formation.
Time period: Ladinian to the Mid Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of at least two individuals.

       Dadadon is a massetognathine cynodont that lived in Madagascar during the Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New traversodontids‭ (‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Eucynodontia‭) ‬from the Triassic of Madagascar.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬20‭(‬3‭)‬:422-427.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Flynn,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Parrish,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Rakotosamimanana,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Ranivoharimanana,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Simpson‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Wyss‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000.
- New material of Dadadon isaloi (Cynodontia, Traversodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (6): 1292–1302. - L. Ranivoharimanana, C. F. Kammerer, J. J. Flynn & A. R. Wyss - 2011.

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