Vetusodon
Vetusodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts belonging to the clade Epicynodontia. It contains one species, Vetusodon elikhulu, which is known from four specimens found in the Late Permian Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa.[1]
| Vetusodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Epicynodontia |
| Genus: | †Vetusodon Abdala et al., 2019 |
| Species: | †V. elikhulu |
| Binomial name | |
| †Vetusodon elikhulu Abdala et al., 2019 | |
References
- Abdala, Fernando; Gaetano, Leandro C; Smith, Roger M H; Rubidge, Bruce S (2019). "A new large cynodont from the Late Permian (Lopingian) of the South African Karoo Basin and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186 (4): 983–1005. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz004.
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