| 词条 | Titanogomphodon |
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| fossil_range = Middle Triassic | taxon = Titanogomphodon | authority = Keyser, 1973 | type_species = {{extinct}}Titanogomphodon crassus | type_species_authority = Keyser, 1973 }}Titanogomphdon is an extinct genus of diademodontid cynodonts from the Middle Triassic Omingonde Formation of Namibia. It is known from a single partial skull that was described in 1973 from the Omingonde Formation. The type and only species is Titanogomphodon crassus.At about {{convert|40|cm|in}}, the skull of Titanogomphodon was significantly larger than that of its closest relative, Diademodon (hundreds of skulls of Diademodon are known and none exceed {{convert|29|cm|in}} in length).[1] Its teeth are similar to those of another group of cynodonts called Traversodontidae, but the similarities are likely the result of convergent evolution.[2] Aside from its larger size, Titanogomphodon differs from Diademodon in having a bony projection on the postorbital bar behind the eye socket.[1] DietLike Diademodon, Titanogomphodon was probably herbivorous. It is part of a very diverse fossil assemblage in the Omingonde Formation that includes several other types of cynodonts, including Diademodon, Cynognathus, and Trirachodon, as well as other therapsids such as Dolichuranus and Herpetogale. The Omingonde assemblage was part of a larger continental fauna that ranged across much of Gondwana during the Middle Triassic.[3] Other findsAn isolated upper jaw of a diademodontid described from the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica in 1995 may also belong to Titanogomphodon based on its large size. However, since the only known fossil of Titanogomphodon is a lower jaw, the two specimens cannot be assigned with certainty to the same taxon.[4] References{{portal|Paleontology|Triassic|Prehistory of Africa|Prehistory of Antarctica}}1. ^1 {{Cite journal | last1 = Martinelli | first1 = A. N. G. | last2 = Fuente | first2 = M. D. L. | last3 = Abdala | first3 = F. | doi = 10.1671/039.029.0315 | title = Diademodon tetragonus Seeley, 1894 (Therapsida: Cynodontia) in the Triassic of South America and its biostratigraphic implications | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 29 | issue = 3 | pages = 852 | year = 2009 | pmid = | pmc = }} {{Cynodontia|C.}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q20164526}}2. ^{{cite journal|last=Keyser|first=A.W.|year=1973|title=A new Triassic vertebrate fauna from South West Africa|journal=Palaeontologica Africana|volume=16|pages=1–15|url=http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10539/16044/1973.V16.KEYSER.NEW%20TRIASSIC%20VERTEBRATE%20FAUNA.pdf}} 3. ^{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1671/039.029.0303| title = A Middle Triassic cynodont fauna from Namibia and its implications for the biogeography of Gondwana| journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology| volume = 29| issue = 3| pages = 837| year = 2009| last1 = Abdala | first1 = F. | last2 = Smith | first2 = R. M. H. }} 4. ^{{Cite journal | last1 = Hammer | first1 = W. R. | doi = 10.1080/02724634.1995.10011210 | title = New Therapsids from the Upper Fremouw Formation (Triassic) of Antarctica | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 15 | pages = 105–112 | year = 1995 | pmid = | pmc = }} 7 : Cynognathian genera|Middle Triassic synapsids of Africa|Fossils of Namibia|Omingonde Formation|Triassic Antarctica|Fossils of Antarctica|Fossil taxa described in 1973 |
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