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Extinct genus of cynodonts From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nanogomphodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in Germany during the Middle Triassic period.[2]
Nanogomphodon Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | †Gomphodontia |
Clade: | †Neogomphodontia |
Family: | †Traversodontidae |
Genus: | †Nanogomphodon Hopson & Sues, 2006 |
Type species | |
†Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006 | |
Species[1] | |
†Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006 |
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').
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