Diademodons

Diademodon ^[1] ( lat. Diademodon ) is a genus of Early Triassic therapside from the group of cynodonts .

† Diademodons
Skull Diademodon mastacus at the Berlin Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotes Kingdom: Animals Kingdom : Eumetazoi No rank : Bilateral symmetrical No rank : Secondary Type of: Chordate Subtype : Vertebrates Infratype : Maxillary Overclass : Tetrapods Grade: † Synapsids Squad: † Therapsids Suborder : † Cynodonts Infrastructure : † Eucinodonts Treasure : † Zinognathia Treasure : † Homophodonts Family: † Diademodontids Gender: † Diademodons
International scientific name
Diademodon Seeley , 1895
Kinds
Diademodon laticeps Brink, 1955 Diademodon tetragonus Seeley, 1894
Geochronology 252.2-228.0 Ma million years Period Era Aeon 2,588 Even Ka F but n e R about s about th 23.03 Neogene 66.0 Paleogen 145.5 a piece of chalk M e s about s about th 199.6 Yura 251 Triassic 299 Permian P but l e about s about th 359.2 Carbon 416 Devonian 443.7 Silur 488.3 Ordovician 542 Cambrian 4570 Precambrian ◄ Nowadays ◄ Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction ◄ Triassic extinction ◄ Mass Permian Extinction ◄ Devonian extinction ◄ Ordovician-Silurian extinction ◄ Cambrian explosion

Diademodon sp. ( reconstruction )

They were of different sizes, the largest ones reached the size of a large dog (however, they had fairly short paws), were 2 m long with a tail, and were one of the largest cynodonts. Like other cynodonts, they were probably omnivores, fed on plant foods as well as other animals and carrion. Fossil remains of various members of the genus, estimated at 228–252 Ma (Early Triassic ), were found in South Africa ( Namibia , Zambia ), southern South America ( Argentina , the geological formation Rio Seco de la Quebrada) and Antarctica ( Fremouw formation).