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Traversodon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
†Traversodontidae

Rank
  
Genus

Suborder
  
Cynodontia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Therapsid

Traversodon

Similar
  
Massetognathus, Menadon, Traversodontidae, Scalenodon, Chiniquodon

Traversodon is a genus of therapsid. Being a cynodont, it was a relative of the direct ancestor to modern mammals. Traversodon lived in what is now South America.

Species

Traversodon stahleckeri was first found by Friedrich von Huene in 1936 in the Geopark of Paleorrota, São Pedro do Sul, Brazil.

References

Traversodon Wikipedia