Parathrinaxodon

Taxobox
name = Parathrinaxodon
fossil_range = Late Permian
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Synapsida
ordo = Therapsida
subordo = Cynodontia
familia = Procynosuchidae
genus = "Parathrinaxodon"

"Parathrinaxodon" ("near trident's teeth") is an extinct genus of a group of therapsids called cynodonts. It lived in the Late Permian around (250 million years ago). "Parathrinaxodon", as it name suggests was related to "Thrinaxodon", however, "Parathrinaxodon" did not belong to the same family as "Thrinaxodon" (Thrinaxodontidae).

"Parathrinaxodon" 's closest relatives were "Nanocynodon" and "Procynosuchus". According to Abdala and Allinson (2005) it was synonym of Procynosuchus. Like their relatives, it was probably a carnivore, hunting small reptiles and other tetrapods. Preditary avoidance was probably by either running, hiding, or burrowing. They became extinct by the great Permian-Triassic extinction event.

References

Abdala & Allinson 2005. The taxonomic status of Parathrinaxodon proops (Therapsida: Cynodontia), with comments on the morphology of the palate in basal cynodonts. Palaeont. Afr. 41 : 45-52