Megazostrodon
Megazostrodon is an extinct genus of basal mammaliaforms belonging to the order Morganucodonta. It is approximately 200 million years old. Two species are known: M. rudnerae from the Early Jurassic of Lesotho and South Africa, and M. chenali from the Late Triassic of France.
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| Megazostrodon model, Natural History Museum, London | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Order: | †Morganucodonta |
| Family: | †Megazostrodontidae |
| Genus: | †Megazostrodon Crompton & Jenkins, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| †Megazostrodon rudnerae Crompton & Jenkins, 1968 | |
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