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 | |
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.