Mitredon
Mitredon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in the Fleming Fjord Formation of Greenland during the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) period. The type species is Mitredon cromptoni.[1]
| Mitredon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Tritheledontidae |
| Genus: | †Mitredon Shapiro & Jenkins 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Mitredon cromptoni Shapiro & Jenkins 2001 | |
References
- Shapiro, M.D. and Jenkins Jr., F.A. (2001). "A cynodont from the Upper Triassic of East Greenland: tooth replacement and double-rootedness": In: Studies in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology in honor of A. W. Crompton, edited by Jenkins Jr, F.A., Shapiro, M.D., and Owerkowicz, T. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156 (1): 49-58.
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