''Santacruzodon'' is an extinct genus of
cynodont
Cynodontia () is a clade of eutheriodont therapsids that first appeared in the Late Permian (approximately 260 Megaannum, mya), and extensively diversified after the PermianāTriassic extinction event. Mammals are cynodonts, as are their extin ...
s which existed in
Brazil
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during the
Triassic
The Triassic ( ; sometimes symbolized š) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya. The Triassic is t ...
period. The type species is ''Santacruzodon hopsoni''.
Species
''Santacruzodon hopsoni'' is a species that was collected in 1995 in
Santa Cruz do Sul
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, in the
Geopark
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of Paleorrota,
Brazil
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. This species is linked to ''
Dadadon
''Dadadon'' is an extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts which existed in Madagascar during the late Middle Triassic
In the geologic timescale, the Middle Triassic is the second of three epoch (geology), epochs of the Triassic period (geol ...
'', found in
Madagascar
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.
References
External links
FiguraGerman Natural History Museum
Traversodontidae
Late Triassic synapsids of South America
Fossil taxa described in 2003
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