Prozostrodon

Prozostrodon
Temporal range: Carnian
~233.23 Ma
Illustration of the skull of the holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Prozostrodontia
Genus: Prozostrodon
Bonaparte & Barbarena, 2001
Species:
P. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Prozostrodon brasiliensis
(Bonaparte & Barbarena, 2001)
Synonyms

Prozostrodon is an extinct genus of probainognathian cynodonts that was closely related to mammals. The remains were found in Brazil and are dated to the Carnian age of the Late Triassic. The holotype has an estimated skull length of 6.7 centimetres (2.6 in), indicating that the whole animal may have been the size of a cat. The teeth were typical of advanced cynodonts, and the animal was probably a carnivore hunting reptiles and other small prey.[1]

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