Therioherpetidae

Therioherpetidae is an extinct family of therapsids. It is based on Therioherpeton cargnini, a small cynodont who lived in the Triassic and was collected in Santa Maria, Santa Maria Formation, the Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil. This family consists of small carnivores presenting features of the basal mammal Morganucodon (Barberena and Bonaparte, 2001).

Therioherpetidae
Temporal range: Middle Triassic to Late Triassic, 245–220 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Prozostrodontia
Family: Therioherpetidae
Barberena and Bonaparte, 1975
Genera

For this characteristic Therioherpeton was touted as a likely ancestor of mammals.

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