Gornogomphodon

Gornogomphodon
Temporal range: Carnian
~228–217 Ma
Gornogomphodon caffii fossil teeth at the Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Gomphodontia
Genus: Gornogomphodon
Renesto & Lucas, 2009
Species:
G. caffii
Binomial name
Gornogomphodon caffii
Renesto & Lucas, 2009

Gornogomphodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts from the Gorno Formation of Bergamo, Italy. It existed during the Middle Carnian age of the Late Triassic (around 216.5 to 228.0 million years ago). It contains only one species: Gornogomphodon caffi.[1]

  1. ^ Silvio Renesto & Spencer G. Lucas (2009). "Cynodont teeth from the Carnian (Late Triassic) of northern Italy" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54 (2): 357–360. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0055. Retrieved June 22, 2011.