Neotrirachodon
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| (unranked): | †Cynognathia |
| Stem: | †Gomphodontia |
| Family: | †Trirachodontidae |
| Genus: | †Neotrirachodon Tatarinov, 2002 |
| Binomial name | |
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Antecosuchus ochevi |
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Neotrirachodon is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Russia during the Middle Triassic period. It contains the species Neotrirachodon expectatus.[3]
It is known from a jaw fossil consisting of the left dentary with postcanines. It was recovered from the Donguz Formation, Orenburg Oblast of Russia.[4][5] The fossil was first described as belonging to the genus Antecosuchus (as Antecosuchus ochevi), a traversodont.[4]
It has tentatively been classified as a trirachodontid gomphodont pending further fossil discoveries. Gomphodonts (or tritylodonts) are herbivorous cynodonts.[6] If correct, it would be the first trirachodontid described from Russia.[4]
Its classification remains uncertain, however. Other studies treat it as an incertae sedis gomphodont, while others propose that it is more likely to be a bauriid therocephalian rather than a trirachodontid.[7]
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