Novocynodon is an extinct genus of therapsids from the Middle Permian of Russia. Fossils have been found in Alexandrovsky District, Orenburg Oblast. The type and only species is Novocynodon kutorgai.[1] It was classified as a thrinaxodontid cynodont when first described in 2012, but this was disputed by Kammerer (2014), who argued that it might instead be a juvenile anomodont or dinocephalian.[2]

Novocynodon
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Novocynodon
Ivachnenko, 2012
Type species
Novocynodon kutorgai
Ivachnenko, 2012

References

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  1. ^ Ivakhnenko, M. F. (2012). "Permian Cynodontia (Theromorpha) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 46 (2): 199–207. doi:10.1134/S0031030112020062.
  2. ^ Kammerer, C. F. (2014). "Theriodontia: Introduction". Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida: 165–169. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_10.