Thrinaxodon Seeley 1894 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida

Synonyms: Ictidopsis Broom 1912, Micrictodon Broom 1937, Notictosaurus Broom 1936

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1894. Researches on the Structure, Organisation, and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia. Part IX. Section 1. On the Therosuchia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 185:987-1018

Parent taxon: Galesauria according to J. F. Bonaparte 2012

See also Broom 1912, Broom 1913, Carroll 1988, Colbert and Kitching 1977, Gardiner 1982, Gauthier et al. 1989 and Hopson and Kitching 1972

Sister taxa: Galesaurus, Probelesodon

Subtaxa: Thrinaxodon liorhinus

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Type: Thrinaxodon liorhinus

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Antarctica (2 collections), South Africa (13)

Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences

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