Niassodon

Niassodon
Temporal range: Late Permian 259.9–254.17 Ma [1]
Skeletal reconstruction of Niassodon mfumukasi (ML1620). Preserved material is highlighted.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Clade: Endothiodontia
Genus: Niassodon
Castanhinha et al., 2013
Type species
Niassodon mfumukasi
Castanhinha et al., 2013

Niassodon is an extinct genus of kingoriid dicynodont therapsid known from the Late Permian of Niassa Province, northern Mozambique. It contains a single species, Niassodon mfumukasi.[2]

  1. ^ Niassodon in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Castanhinha, R.; Araújo, R.; Júnior, L. S. C.; Angielczyk, K. D.; Martins, G. G.; Martins, R. M. S.; Chaouiya, C.; Beckmann, F.; Wilde, F. (2013). Claessens, Leon (ed.). "Bringing Dicynodonts Back to Life: Paleobiology and Anatomy of a New Emydopoid Genus from the Upper Permian of Mozambique". PLOS ONE. 8 (12): e80974. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094720. PMC 3852158. PMID 24324653.