Name:
Prozostrodon.
Phonetic: Pro-zos-tro-don.
Named By: J. F. Bonaparte & M. C.
Barberena - 2001.
Synonyms: Thrinaxodon brasiliensis.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia.
Species: P. brasiliensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Skull 6.7 centimetres long.
Known locations: Brazil - Santa Maria Formation.
Time period: Carnian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Skull.
First described as a species of Thrinaxodon, Prozostrodon is a genus of cynodont that used to live in South America during the Triassic.
Further reading
- On two advanced carnivorous cynodonts from the Late Triassic of
Southern Brazil. - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
156:59-80. - J. F. Bonaparte & M. C. Barberena
-
2001.
- Prozostrodon brasiliensis, a probainognathiancynodont from the Late
Triassic of Brazil: secondrecord and improvements on its dental
anatomy. - Historical Biology _. 1–10 - Cristian P. Pacheco, Agust�n G.
Martinelli, Ane E.B. Pavanatto, Marina B. Soares & S�rgio
Dias-da-Silva - 2018.