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EXAERETODON
(ex-ay-ret-o-don)
Exaeretodon
Named By: Cabrera in 1943
Time Period: Middle Triassic-Late Triassic
Location: Argentina - Ischigualasto Formation. Brazil - Santa Maria Formation. India - Lower Maleri Formation
Size: Up to 1.8 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Many individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Cynodontia | Traversodontidae | Gomphodontosuchinae |
Also known as: | Ischignathus | Theropsis |
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Exaeretodon is a genus of traversodontid cynodont; four species are known, from various formations. E. argentinus is from the Carnian-age (Upper Triassic) Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina. E. major and E. riograndensis are from the Ladinian-age (Middle Triassic) portion of the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. E. statisticae is from the Carnian-age Lower Maleri Formation of India.

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