Rewaconodon

Rewaconodon
Temporal range: 237–208.5 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Dromatheriidae
Genus: Rewaconodon
Datta et al., 2004
Type species
Rewaconodon tikiensis
Datta et al., 2004
Other species
  • R. indicus Bhat et al., 2020[1]

Rewaconodon is an extinct genus of dromatheriid cynodonts which existed in India during the upper Triassic period. It is known from two species: R. tikiensis and R. indicus, both of which were found in the Tiki Formation.[2][1] Other, undescribed species may have lived in North America.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bhat, M. S.; Ray, S.; Datta, P. M. (2020). "New cynodonts (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic of India and their significances". Journal of Paleontology: 1–18. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.95.
  2. ^ P. M. Datta, D. P. Das & Z.-X. Luo (2004). "A Late Triassic dromatheriid (Synapsida: Cynodontia) from India". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 73 (2): 12–24.
  3. ^ Andrew B. Heckert & Spencer G. Lucas (2006). Jerry D. Harris; Spencer G. Lucas; Justin A. Spielmann; Martin G. Lockley; Andrew R. C. Milner & James I. Kirkland (eds.). "Micro- and small vertebrate biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Upper Triassic Chinle group, southwestern USA" (PDF). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 37: 94–104.