Scalenodon Crompton 1955 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Traversodontidae

Full reference: A. W. Crompton. 1955. On some Triassic cynodonts from Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 125:617-669

Parent taxon: Traversodontidae according to B. Battail and M. V. Surkov 2000

See also Carroll 1988 and Tatarinov 2008

Sister taxa: Andescynodon, Arctotraversodon, Colbertosaurus, Dadadon, Etjoia, Exaeretodon, Gomphodontosuchinae, Habayia, Luangwa, Mandagomphodon, Massetognathus, Maubeugia, Menadon, Microscalenodon, Nanogomphodon, Paratraversodon, Pascualgnathus, Plinthogomphodon, Protuberum, Rosieria, Ruberodon, Santacruzodon, Scalenodontinae, Scalenodontoides, Sinognathinae, Siriusgnathus, Theropsodon njalilus, Traversodontinae

Subtaxa: Scalenodon angustifrons Scalenodon attridgei Scalenodon charigi Scalenodon ribeiroae

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Type: Trirachodon angustifrons

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Brazil (1 collection), Tanzania (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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