Menadon Temporal range: Middle to Late Triassic |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Traversodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Gomphodontosuchinae |
Genus: |
†Menadon Flynn et al., 2000 |
Species: | †M. besairiei |
Binomial name | |
Menadon besairiei Flynn et al., 2000 |
Menadon is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Madagascar during the middle to late Triassic period. The type species is Menadon besairiei.
Recent research has shown the existence of Menadon besairiei in Paleorrota geopark in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.