Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Traversodontidae
Full reference: F. Abdala and A. M. Ribeiro. 2003. A new traversodontid cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation (Ladinian-Carnian) of southern Brazil, with a phylogenetic analysis of Gondwanan traversodontids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139:529-545
Parent taxon: Traversodontidae according to F. Abdala and A. M. Ribeiro 2003
Sister taxa: Andescynodon, Arctotraversodon, Colbertosaurus, Dadadon, Etjoia, Exaeretodon, Gomphodontosuchinae, Habayia, Luangwa, Mandagomphodon, Massetognathus, Maubeugia, Menadon, Microscalenodon, Nanogomphodon, Paratraversodon, Pascualgnathus, Plinthogomphodon, Protuberum, Rosieria, Ruberodon, Scalenodon, Scalenodontinae, Scalenodontoides, Sinognathinae, Siriusgnathus, Theropsodon njalilus, Traversodontinae
Subtaxa: Santacruzodon hopsoni
Type: Santacruzodon hopsoni
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Santuario Schoenstatt, Santa Cruz do Sol fauna (Triassic of Brazil)
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