Tritheledon

Tritheledon is an extinct genus of cynodonts that lived during the Lower Jurassic. Fossils were found in the Elliot Formation, South Africa. Like all cynodonts, it had many traits shared by mammals. Tritheledonts were probably insectivores, and nocturnal animals.^[1]

Tritheledon Temporal range: Early Jurassic ~201.6–189.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Family:	†Tritheledontidae
Genus:	†Tritheledon Broom 1912
Species:	†T. riconoi
Binomial name
†Tritheledon riconoi Broom 1912