Scalenodon

Name: Scalenodon.
Phonetic: Sca-len-o-don.
Named By: A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Crompton‭ ‬-‭ ‬1955.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Traversodontidae.
Species: ‭ ‬S.‭ ‬angustifrons‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬boreus,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬ribeiroae
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Africa.‭ ‬Russia.
Time period: Mid Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several individuals.

       Scalenodon is a genus of cynodont that lived during the mid Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬On some Triassic cynodonts from Tanganyika.‭ ‬Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London‭ ‬125:617-669.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Crompton‭ ‬-‭ ‬1955.
-‭ ‬Cynodonts of Gondwanan habit in the Middle Triassic of the USSR.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Paleontological Journal.‭ ‬2:‭ ‬200‭–‬205.‭ ‬-‭ ‬L/‭ ‬P/‭ ‬Tatarinov‭ ‬-‭ ‬1973.
-‭ ‬A new gomphodont cynodont‭ (‬Traversodontidae‭) ‬from the Middle–Late Triassic Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Santa Maria Supersequence,‭ ‬Brazil.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontology‭ ‬60‭(‬4‭)‬:571-582.‭ ‬-‭ ‬T.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Melo,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Martinelli‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Soares‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.



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