Patranomodon

Patranomodon
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: †Anomodontia
Clade: †Chainosauria
Genus: †Patranomodon
Rubidge and Hopson, 1990
Species:
†P. nyaphulii
Binomial name
†Patranomodon nyaphulii
Rubidge and Hopson, 1990

Patranomodon (from Greek πατρ- patr- “father”, thus “father of anomodonts”) is an extinct genus of therapsids belonging to the group Anomodontia. Rubidge and Hopson named this anomodont in 1990 after discovering its skull. Patranomodon is known to have ranged in the Karoo of Southern Africa.

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