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| Fossil of Traversodon sp.. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Traversodontinae |
| Genus: | †Traversodon von Huene, 1936 |
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Traversodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts. It was a relative of the ancestor to modern mammals.
Traversodon lived in what is now South America.1
Species
Traversodon stahleckeri was first found by Friedrich von Huene in 1936 in the Geopark of Paleorrota, São Pedro do Sul, Brazil.
References
References
- Barberena, Mario (1981-12-31). "Novos Materiais de Traversodon Stahleckeri da Formação Santa Maria (Triássico do Rio Grande do Sul)". Pesquisas em Geociências (in Portuguese). 14 (14): 149–162. doi:10.22456/1807-9806.21737. ISSN 1807-9806.