Microgomphodon Seeley 1895 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Nothogomphodontidae

Synonyms: Herpetogale Keyser and Brink 1977, Melinodon Broom 1905, Sesamodon Broom 1905, Watsoniella Broili and Schroeder 1935

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1895. Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil Reptilia. Part IX, Section 4. On the Gomphodontia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 186:1-57

Parent taxon: Nothogomphodontidae according to M. F. Ivakhnenko 2011

See also Abdala et al. 2013, Broom 1905, Broom 1913, Keyser and Brink 1977 and Perrier 1928

Sister taxon: Nothogomphodon

Subtaxa: Microgomphodon oligocynus

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Namibia (1 collection), South Africa (6)

Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences

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