Nanogomphodon

Nanogomphodon
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: †Gomphodontia
Clade: †Neogomphodontia
Family: †Traversodontidae
Genus: †Nanogomphodon
Hopson & Sues, 2006
Type species
†Nanogomphodon wildi
Hopson & Sues, 2006
Species[1]

†Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006

Nanogomphodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in Germany during the Middle Triassic period.[2]

Nanogomphodon were small herbivorous traversodontid gomphodonts. The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi. They are only known from a few isolated teeth recovered in 2006 from the Erfurt Formation of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[3]

The name comes from Greek for "dwarf peg tooth"; from νάνος (nános, 'dwarf'), γόμφος (gómphos, 'peg' or 'nail'), and ὀδούς (odoús, 'tooth').

References

  1. ^ "Nanogomphodon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. ^ J.A. Hopson & H.D. Sues (2006). "A traversodont cynodont from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Baden-Württemberg (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 80 (2): 124–129. doi:10.1007/bf02988972. S2CID 128486943.
  3. ^ Hans-Dieter Sues & Nicholas C. Fraser (2010). Triassic life on land: the great transition. Columbia University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-231-13522-1.


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