Trucidocynodon Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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Holotype skeleton UFRGS PV-1051-T | |
Life restoration | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Ecteniniidae |
Genus: | †Trucidocynodon Oliveira et al. 2010 |
Species: | †T. riograndensis
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Binomial name | |
†Trucidocynodon riograndensis Oliveira et al. 2010
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Trucidocynodon is an extinct genus of ecteniniid cynodonts from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) of Brazil.[1] It contains a single species, Trucidocynodon riograndensis. Fossils of Trucidocynodon were discovered in outcrops of the Upper Santa Maria Formation in Paleorrota Geopark, Agudo. Trucidocynodon is one of the most completely known Triassic cynodonts, as its holotype is a nearly complete and fully articulated skeleton.[1]