Mitredon

My-ter-don.
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Paleoecologist

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Name

Mitredon.

Phonetic

My-ter-don.

Named By

M.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Shapiro‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Jenkins‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Eucynodontia,‭ ‬Trithelodontidae.

Diet

Carnivore‭?

Species

M.‭ ‬cromptoni‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Greenland‭ ‬-‭ ‬Fleming Fjord Formation,‭ ‬�rsted Dal Member.

Time Period

Rhaetian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Mitredon is a genus of cynodont that lived in what is now Greenland during the late Triassic.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A cynodont from the Upper Triassic of East Greenland:‭ ‬tooth replacement and double-rootedness.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology‭ ‬156:49-58.‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Shapiro‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Jenkins‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.

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