Andescynodon

Andescynodon
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Skull cast, Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Traversodontidae
Genus: Andescynodon
Bonaparte 1967
Species
  • A. mendozensis Bonaparte 1967 (type)
Synonyms
  • Rusconiodon mignonei Bonaparte 1970

Andescynodon is a genus of traversodontid cynodonts from the Middle Triassic of Argentina. Fossils are known from the Cerro de las Cabras and Cacheutá Formations. Andescynodon is one of the most basal traversodontids. Another traversodontid called Rusconiodon has also been identified from the Cerro de las Cabras Formation but is now considered a junior synonym of Andescynodon.