Etjoia
Extinct genus of cynodonts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Etayoa.
Etjoia is an extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts that lived during the Middle Triassic or Late Triassic period in southern Africa.[1] This medium-sized omnivorous cynognathian provides important information on the dental evolution of early diverging gomphodonts and traversodontids.
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Etjoia | |
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Skull of Etjoia in left lateral view. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Traversodontidae |
Genus: | †Etjoia Hendrickx et al., 2020 |
Species: | †E. dentitransitus |
Binomial name | |
†Etjoia dentitransitus Hendrickx et al., 2020 | |
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