Gomphodontosuchus

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Gomphodontosuchus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Traversodontidae
Subfamily: Gomphodontosuchinae
Genus: Gomphodontosuchus
von Huene, 1928
Type species
Gomphodontosuchus brasiliensis
von Huene, 1928

Gomphodontosuchus is an extinct genus of cynodonts. It was created to describe the species Gomphodontosuchus brasiliensis.

Species[edit]

Gomphodontosuchus brasiliensis was collected in 1927 and named in 1928 by Friedrich von Huene in the Santa Maria Formation, the Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil.

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