Biology:Bolotridon

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Short description: Extinct genus of cynodonts

Bolotridon
Temporal range: Anisian
~247–242 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Epicynodontia
Genus: Bolotridon
Coad, 1977
Synonyms
  • Tribolodon Seeley 1895

Bolotridon is an extinct genus of epicynodontian cynodont. It was renamed from its original genus designation of Tribolodon (Harry Govier Seeley, 1895), which was already occupied by a genus of cyprinid fish named in 1883 by Sauvage. The name Bolotridon was coined by Brian W. Coad in a 1977 publication as an anagram of Tribolodon.[1]

Fossils of the genus were found in the Anisian Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.

See also

  • List of therapsids

References

  1. Coad, B.W. 1977. On the nomenclature of the genus name Tribolodon (Osteichthyes and Reptilia). Journal of Paleontology 51(5):1046.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4940006 entry