Dadadon is an extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts which existed in Madagascar during the late Middle Triassic. The only species in the genus is Dadadon isaloi.[1][2]
| Dadadon Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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| Skull of Dadadon isaloi in the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Massetognathinae |
| Genus: | †Dadadon Flynn et al., 2000 |
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References
edit- ^ John J. Flynn; J. Michael Parrish; Berthe Rakotosamimanana; Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana; William F. Simpson & André R. Wyss (2000). "New traversodontids (Synapsida: Eucynodontia) from the Triassic of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 422–427. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0422:NTSEFT]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524114.
- ^ Ranivoharimanana, L.; Kammerer, C.F.; Flynn, J.J.; Wyss, A.R. (2011). "New material of Dadadon isaloi (Cynodontia, Traversodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (6): 1292–1302. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.618154.
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