Nanogomphodon
Name:
Nanogomphodon
(dwarf peg tooth).
Phonetic: Nan-o-gom-foe-don.
Named By: J. A. Hopson & H.-D. Sues
- 2006.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia, Cynognathia, Gomphodontia,
Traversodontidae.
Species: N. wildi (type).
Diet: Herbivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Germany - Erfurt Formation.
Time period: Ladinian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Teeth.
Nanogomphodon is a genus of cynodont that lived in Germany during the Mid Triassic. Nanogomphodon is also a tooth taxon on the basis that the only known fossils of the genus are teeth.
Further reading
- A traversodont cynodont from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of
Baden-W�rttemberg (Germany). - Palaeontologische Zeitschrift
80(2):124-129. - J. A. Hopson & H.-D. Sues
- 2006.
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