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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | †Gomphodontia |
| Clade: | †Neogomphodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Genus: | †Nanogomphodon Hopson & Sues, 2006 |
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| †Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006
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†Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006 | |
Nanogomphodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in Germany during the Middle Triassic period.[2]
Nanogomphodon were small herbivorous traversodontid gomphodonts. The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi. They are only known from a few isolated teeth recovered in 2006 from the Erfurt Formation of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[3]
The name comes from Greek for "dwarf peg tooth"; from νάνος (nános, 'dwarf'), γόμφος (gómphos, 'peg' or 'nail'), and ὀδούς (odoús, 'tooth').
- ^ "Nanogomphodon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
- ^ J.A. Hopson & H.D. Sues (2006). "A traversodont cynodont from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Baden-Württemberg (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 80 (2): 124–129. doi:10.1007/bf02988972. S2CID 128486943.
- ^ Hans-Dieter Sues & Nicholas C. Fraser (2010). Triassic life on land: the great transition. Columbia University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-231-13522-1.