Rewaconodon

Name: Rewaconodon.
Phonetic: Rew-ah-kon-o-don.
Named By: P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Datta,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Das,‭ & ‬Z.-X.‭ ‬Luo‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Dromatheriidae.
Species: R.‭ ‬tikiensis‭ (‬type‭), R. indicus‬.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: India‭ ‬-‭ ‬Tiki Formation.‭ ‬USA,‭ ‬Texas‭ ‬-‭ ‬Tecovas Formation.
Time period: Carnian to Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Tooth.

       Rewaconodon is a little known genus of mammal that lived in Indian during the late Triassic,‭ ‬and possibly also North America.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A late Triassic dromatheriid‭ (‬Synapsida:‭ ‬Cynodontia‭) ‬from India.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Annals of Carnegie Museum‭ ‬73‭(‬2‭)‬:72-84.‭ ‬-‭ ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Datta,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Das,‭ & ‬Z.-X.‭ ‬Luo‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.
- New cynodonts (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic of India and their significances. - Journal of Paleontology: 1–18. - M. S. Bhat, S. Ray & P. M. Datta - 2020.



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