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'''''Mitredon''''' is an extinct genus of [[cynodont]]s which existed in the [[Fleming Fjord Formation]] of [[Greenland]] during the [[Rhaetian]] age of the [[Late Triassic]] epoch. The type species is ''Mitredon cromptoni''.<ref name="Shapiro2001" /> |
'''''Mitredon''''' is an extinct genus of [[cynodont]]s which existed in the [[Fleming Fjord Formation]] of [[Greenland]] during the [[Rhaetian]] age of the [[Late Triassic]] epoch. The [[type species|type]] and only species is '''''Mitredon cromptoni'''''.<ref name="Shapiro2001" /> |
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''Mitredon'' is known only from a single [[holotype]] specimen, MGUH VP 3392, which consists of a partial [[dentary bone]] preserving several incomplete [[postcanine teeth]]. These teeth have fully divided roots, a feature shared with ''[[Sinoconodon]]'' and the [[mammaliaform]]s, but the teeth of ''Mitredon'' are distinguished from these by possessing compressed and recurved cusps akin to those of the [[chiniquodontid]]s.<ref name="Shapiro2001" /> |
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[[Category:Late Triassic synapsids]] |
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[[Category:Fossils of Greenland]] |
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| Mitredon Temporal range: Rhaetian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Mitredon Shapiro & Jenkins, 2001 |
| Species: | †M. cromptoni
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| †Mitredon cromptoni Shapiro & Jenkins, 2001
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Mitredon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in the Fleming Fjord Formation of Greenland during the Rhaetian age of the Late Triassic epoch. The type and only species is Mitredon cromptoni.[1]
Description
Mitredon is known only from a single holotype specimen, MGUH VP 3392, which consists of a partial dentary bone preserving several incomplete postcanine teeth. These teeth have fully divided roots, a feature shared with Sinoconodon and the mammaliaforms, but the teeth of Mitredon are distinguished from these by possessing compressed and recurved cusps akin to those of the chiniquodontids.[1]
References
- ^ a b Shapiro, M. D.; Jenkins Jr., F. A. (2001). "A cynodont from the Upper Triassic of East Greenland: tooth replacement and double-rootedness" (PDF). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 156 (1): 49–58.
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