Name:
Traversodon.
Phonetic: Tra-ver-so-don.
Named By: Friedrich von Huene - 1936.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia, Traversodontidae.
Species: T. stahleckeri
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Brazil - Santa Maria Formation.
Time period: Ladinian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of three
individuals.
Traversodon is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the Triassic.
Further reading
- Lieferung 2. Cynodontia [Part 2. Cynodontia] - Die
Fossilen Reptilien des S�damerikanischen Gondwanalandes. Ergebnisse
der Sauriergrabungen in S�dbrasilien 1928/29 [The Fossil Reptiles
of South American Gondwanaland. Results of the Dinosaur Expeditions
in southern Brazil 1928/29]. - C. H. Beck'sche
Verlagsbuchhandlung, M�nchen 83-160. - Friedrich von Huene -
1936.