Proexaeretodon
Extinct genus of cynodonts
title: "Proexaeretodon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["traversodontidae", "ladinian-first-appearances", "carnian-extinctions", "late-triassic-synapsids-of-south-america", "triassic-argentina", "fossils-of-argentina", "ischigualasto-formation", "fossil-taxa-described-in-1963"] description: "Extinct genus of cynodonts" topic_path: "geography/argentina" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proexaeretodon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct genus of cynodonts ::
| fossil_range = Ladinian-Norian ~ | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Proexaeretodon | authority = Bonaparte, 1963 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * P. vincei Bonaparte 1963) (type)
Proexaeretodon is a genus of traversodontid from the Late Triassic (Carnian) Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina. Although long considered a junior synonym of Exaeretodon, Schmitt et al. revalidated this genus in 2023 based on comparisons with Santagnathus.
References
References
- (1963). "Un nuevo cinodonte gonfodonte del Triásico Medio Superior de San Juan, ''Proexaeretodon vincei'' n. gen., n. sp.". Acta Geológica Lilloana.
- (2023). "Old fossil findings in the Upper Triassic rocks of southern Brazil improve diversity of traversodontid cynodonts (Therapsida, Cynodontia)". The Anatomical Record.
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