Nanogomphodon
Nanogomphodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in Germany during the Middle Triassic period.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | †Gomphodontia |
| Clade: | †Neogomphodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Genus: | †Nanogomphodon Hopson & Sues, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| †Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006 | |
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†Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006 | |
Nanogomphodon were small herbivorous traversodontid gomphodonts. The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi. They are only known from a few isolated teeth recovered in 2006 from the Erfurt Formation of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The name comes from Greek for "dwarf peg tooth"; from νάνος (nános, 'dwarf'), γόμφος (gómphos, 'peg' or 'nail'), and ὀδούς (odoús, 'tooth').
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