Name:
Trithelodon.
Phonetic: Try-fel-o-don.
Named By: Robert Broom - 1912.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Cynodontia, Trithelodontidae.
Species: T. riconoi (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa. Possibly also
Ukraine and United Kingdom.
Time period: Lower Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Trithelodon is a little known genus of cynodont.
Further reading
- On a new type of cynodont from the Stormberg. - Annals of the South African Museum 7:334-336. - R. Broom - 1912.