Taoheodon

Taoheodon
Temporal range: Late Permian
~Wuchiapingian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Infraorder: Dicynodontoidea
Genus: Taoheodon
Liu, 2020
Species:
T. baizhijuni
Binomial name
Taoheodon baizhijuni
Liu, 2020

Taoheodon is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid from the Sunjiagou Formation in the Shanxi province of China, dated to the Wuchiapingian age of the Late Permian. Its type and only known species is T. baizhijuni. Taoheodon was a close relative of the well known Dicynodon, and may represent a biogeographical link between the South African Dicynodon and similar dicynodonts found in Laos.