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Fluctuodon

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Fluctuodon
Temporal range: Rhaetian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Mammaliaformes
Family: Kuehneotheriidae
Genus: Fluctuodon
Debuysschere, 2017
Species:
F. necmergor
Binomial name
Fluctuodon necmergor
Debuysschere, 2017

Fluctuodon is an extinct genus of kuehneotheriid mammaliaforms from the Late Triassic of France. Its type and only known species is Fluctuodon necmergor. Fluctuodon is known solely from molar teeth, which are distinguished from those of its close relative Kuehneotherium by their less acutely angled cusps.[1]

References

  1. ^ Debuysschere, Maxime (2017). "The Kuehneotheriidae (Mammaliaformes) from Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (Upper Triassic, France): a Systematic Review". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 24 (2): 127–146. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9335-z.