Polistodon
Appearance
Polistodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Tritylodontidae |
Genus: | †Polistodon He & Cai, 1984 |
Species: | †P. chuannanensis
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Binomial name | |
†Polistodon chuannanensis He & Cai, 1984
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Polistodon is an extinct genus of tritylodonts from the Bajocian or Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of China.[1] It contains one species, P. chuannanensis, which is known from a single skull from the Xiashaximiao Formation.[1] According to one study, it may be a species of the genus Stereognathus.[2]
References
- ^ a b Fossilworks. "Polistodon." Retrieved from
- ^ Averianov, A.O.; Martin, T.; Lopatin, A.V.; Schultz, J.A.; Skutschas, P.P.; Rico, S.; Krasnolutskii, S.A. (2017). "A tritylodontid synapsid from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia and the taxonomy of derived tritylodontids". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. in press (5): e1363767. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1363767. S2CID 90249441.