Traversodon

Traversodon Temporal range: Late Triassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	Cynodontia
Family:	†Traversodontidae
Genus:	†Traversodon
Species
†T. stahleckeri (type)

File:Fossil of Traversodon sp.jpg

Fossil of Traversodon sp.. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.

Traversodon is a genus of therapsid. Being a cynodont, it was a relative of the direct ancestor to modern mammals. Traversodon lived in what is now South America.

Species

Traversodon Stahleckeri was first found by Friedrich von Huene in 1936 in the Geopark of Paleorrota, São Pedro do Sul, Brazil.

In popular culture

A Traversodon scares off a Coelophysis from nosing around at the entrance of its burrow in When Dinosaurs Roamed America. The error depicted was Traversodon living in northeastern North America.

References

• Paleobiology Database
• UNIVERSIDADE DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL