Named By: | Friedrich von Huene in 1936 |
Time Period: | Late Triassic |
Location: | Brazil - Santa Maria Formation |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains of three individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Cynodontia | Traversodontidae | |
Traversodon is a genus of therapsid. Being a cynodont, it was a relative of the direct ancestor to modern mammals. Traversodon lived in what is now South America.