Exaeretodon
Sign in to saveExaeretodon is an extinct genus of fairly large, low-slung traversodontid cynodonts from the southern parts of Pangea. Four species are known, hailing from various formations. E. argentinus is from the Carnian-age (Late Triassic) Cancha de Bochas Member of the Ischigualasto Formation in the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina. E. major and E. riograndensis are from the Carnian-age portion of the Santa Maria Formation of the Paraná Basin in southeastern Brazil. E. statisticae is from the Carnian-age Lower Maleri Formation of India.
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Exaeretodon is an extinct genus of fairly large, low-slung traversodontid cynodonts from the southern parts of Pangea. Four species are known, hailing from various formations. E. argentinus is from the Carnian-age (Late Triassic) Cancha de Bochas Member of the Ischigualasto Formation in the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina. E. major and E. riograndensis are from the Carnian-age portion of the Santa Maria Formation of the Paraná Basin in southeastern Brazil. E. statisticae is from the Carnian-age Lower Maleri Formation of India.
== Description == left|thumb|Restoration thumb|left|Skull of Exaeretodon at the Royal Ontario Museum This genus was an herbivore up to long, with a specialized grinding action when feeding.
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Carnian extinctionsFossils of ArgentinaFossils of BrazilFossils of IndiaFossil taxa described in 1943Ischigualasto FormationLadinian first appearancesLate Triassic synapsids of AsiaLate Triassic synapsids of South AmericaMiddle Triassic synapsids of South AmericaSanta Maria FormationTaxa named by Ángel Cabrera