Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Traversodontidae
Full reference: J. J. Flynn, J. M. Parrish, B. Rakotosamimanana, L. Ranivoharimanana, W. F. Simpson and A. R. Wyss. 2000. New traversodontids (Synapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Triassic of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):422-427
Belongs to Menadon according to T. P. Melo et al. 2015
See also Kammerer et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: University of Antananarivo 10601, a skull. Its type locality is East of Sakaraha, which is in a Ladinian/Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Isalo II Formation of Madagascar.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Brazil (1 collection), Madagascar (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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