Patranomodon

Patranomodon
Temporal range: Middle Permian–Late Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: †Anomodontia
Clade: †Chainosauria
Genus: †Patranomodon
Rubidge and Hopson, 1990
Species:
†P. nyaphulii
Binomial name
†Patranomodon nyaphulii
Rubidge and Hopson, 1990

Patranomodon (from Greek πατρ- patr- “father”, thus “father of anomodonts”) is an extinct genus of therapsids belonging to the group Anomodontia.[1] Rubidge and Hopson named this anomodont in 1990 after discovering its skull.[2] Patranomodon is known to have ranged in the Karoo of Southern Africa.[2]

  1. ^ “Patranomodon”. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved Feb. 13, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Rubidge, B. S., & Hopson, J. A. (1990). A new anomodont therapsid from South Africa and its bearing on the ancestry of Dicynodontia. South African Journal of Science, 86(1), 43-45.