Santacruzgnathus
Extinct genus of cynodonts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santacruzgnathus is an extinct genus of small cynodonts from the Late Triassic (Carnian) Santacruzodon Assemblage Zone of Brazil. It contains one species, S. abdalai. Santacruzgnathus is known from a single partial lower jaw with four postcanine teeth, only one of which is well-preserved. Some features of the specimen, including the slender shape of the jaw and the incipiently double-rooted teeth, indicate that the animal was an early member of Prozostrodontia, a group that includes mammals and their close relatives.
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Santacruzgnathus | |
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Photos and drawings of the holotype | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | Prozostrodontia |
Genus: | †Santacruzgnathus Martinelli et al., 2016 |
Species: | †S. abdalai |
Binomial name | |
†Santacruzgnathus abdalai Martinelli et al., 2016 | |
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