Kataigidodon

Kataigidodon
Temporal range: Late Triassic, Norian
~221 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Eucynodontia
Genus: Kataigidodon
Kligman, Marsh, Sues & Sidor, 2020
Species:
K. venetus
Binomial name
Kataigidodon venetus
Kligman, Marsh, Sues & Sidor, 2020

Kataigidodon ("thunderstorm tooth") is an extinct genus of eucynodont cynodont therapsid that was discovered in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.[1][2] It is a monotypic genus, with only type species Kataigidodon venetus known.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kligman, B.T.; Marsh, A.D.; Sues, H.D.; Sidor, C.A.; 2020 "A new non-mammalian eucynodont from the Chinle Formation (Triassic: Norian), and implications for the early Mesozoic equatorial cynodont record": Biological Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0631
  2. ^ Montanari, Shaena (4 November 2020). "New fossil found in Petrified Forest is 220 million years old. Here's what it looks like". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.