Etjoia
Name: Etjoia
(from Mount Etjo).
Phonetic: Et-joy-ah.
Named By: C. Hendrickx, L. C. Gaetano, J.
C. Choiniere, E. Mocke & F. Abdala - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Therapsida,
Cynodontia, Traversodontidae.
Species: E. dentitransitus
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Skull 88.5 millimetres long.
Known locations: Namibia - Omingonde Formation.
Time period: Mid/Late Triassic.
Fossil representation: Skull and jaw
Etjoia
is a
genus of traversodontid cynodont
that lived in Africa during the
Triassic. Like other traversodontids, Etjoia is
expected to have
been herbivorous.
Further reading
- A new traversodontid
cynodont with a peculiar postcanine dentition from the Middle/Late
Triassic of Namibia and dental evolution in basal gomphodonts. -
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (20): 1669–1706.
- C. Hendrickx, L. C. Gaetano, J. C. Choiniere, E.
Mocke & F. Abdala - 2020.
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