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Kataigidodon Temporal range: Late Triassic, Norian ~221 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Clade:	Eucynodontia
Genus:	†Kataigidodon Kligman, Marsh, Sues & Sidor, 2020
Species:	†K. venetus
Binomial name
†Kataigidodon venetus Kligman, Marsh, Sues & Sidor, 2020

Kataigidodon ("thunderstorm tooth") is an extinct genus of eucynodont cynodont therapsid that was discovered in the Chinle Formation of Arizona. It is a monotypic genus, with only type species Kataigidodon venetus known.

Description

The large mental foramen of Kataigidodon venetus is anteroposteriorly longer than it is tall. It opens on the lateral side of the dentary below the first and second postcanine teeth. The mental foramen is at the anterior end of a shallow lateral fossa. The large size and dimensions of this foramen are distinct from most eucynodonts, where the foramen is small and circular. It most closely resembles those of the traversodonts Boreogomphodon and Arctotraversodon. Anterior to the mental foramen on the lateral dentary surface is a scattering of numerous tiny pits, which represent immature bone grain.

References

1. ^ Kligman, B.T.; Marsh, A.D.; Sues, H.D.; Sidor, C.A.; 2020 "A new non-mammalian eucynodont from the Chinle Formation (Triassic: Norian), and implications for the early Mesozoic equatorial cynodont record": Biological Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0631
2. Montanari, Shaena (4 November 2020). "New fossil found in Petrified Forest is 220 million years old. Here's what it looks like". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
3. "New species of ancient cynodont, 220 million years old, discovered". GeologyPage.com. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
4. "New species of the ancient cynodont, 220 million years old, discovered | DE24 News". DE24 News. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

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