''Gomphodontosuchus'' is an extinct genus of cynodonts. It was created to describe the species ''Gomphodontosuchus brasiliensis''.

Species

''Gomphodontosuchus brasiliensis'' was collected in 1927 and named in 1928 by

Friedrich von Huene Baron Friedrich Richard von Hoyningen-Huene (22 March 1875 – 4 April 1969) was a German nobleman paleontologist who described a large number of dinosaurs, more than anyone else in 20th-century Europe. He studied a range of Permo-Carbonife ...

in the

Santa Maria Formation The Santa Maria Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is primarily Carnian in age (Late Triassic), and is notable for its fossils of cynodonts, " rauisuchian" pseudosuchians, and early dinosaurs and othe ...

, the

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of Paleorrota,

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

References

Paleobiology Database 39207

Paleobiology Database 100826

UNVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Traversodontidae Late Triassic synapsids of South America Fossil taxa described in 1928 Taxa named by Friedrich von Huene {{Paleo-cynodont-stub