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Riojanodon is an extinct genus of chiniquodontid cynodont that inhabited what is now Argentina during the latest Middle and earliest Late Triassic epochs. It is a monotypic genus known from the species R. nenoi.[1]
| Riojanodon Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Chiniquodontidae |
| Genus: | †Riojanodon |
| Species: | †R. nenoi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Riojanodon nenoi Martinelli et. al., 2024 | |
Phylogeny
editThe cladogram below is from the study that described Riojanodon.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 Martinelli, Agustín G.; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Fiorelli, Lucas E.; Escobar, Juan; Hechenleitner, E. Martín; von Baczko, M. Belén; Taborda, Jeremías R. A.; Desojo, Julia B. (29 January 2024). "A new early-diverging probainognathian cynodont and a revision of the occurrence of cf. Aleodon from the Chañares Formation, northwestern Argentina: New clues on the faunistic composition of the latest Middle–?earliest Late Triassic Tarjadia Assemblage Zone". The Anatomical Record. 307 (4): 818–850. doi:10.1002/ar.25388. ISSN 1932-8486. PMID 38282519. Retrieved 14 December 2024 – via American Association for Anatomy.