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Traversodontoides

Traversodontoides is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids known from the Triassic of China. The genus contains a single species, Traversodontoides wangwuensis, known from a nearly complete skull and mandible, in addition to a partial skeleton.

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Traversodontoides
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Family: Bauriidae
Genus: Traversodontoides
Yang, 1974
Species:
T. wangwuensis
Binomial name
Traversodontoides wangwuensis
Yang, 1974

Traversodontoides is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids known from the Triassic of China. The genus contains a single species, Traversodontoides wangwuensis, known from a nearly complete skull and mandible, in addition to a partial skeleton.12

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References

  1. Yang, Zhongjian (July 1974). "河南济源一新粗弯齿兽" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 12 (3): 203–211.
  2. Liu, Jun; Abdala, Fernando (2014). Kammerer, Christian F.; Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Fröbisch, Jörg (eds.). "Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Traversodontidae". Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands: 255–279. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_15. ISBN 978-94-007-6840-6.