| Mitredon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Mitredon Shapiro & Jenkins, 2001 |
| Species: | †M. cromptoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mitredon cromptoni Shapiro & Jenkins, 2001 | |
Mitredon is an extinct genus ofcynodonts which existed in theFleming Fjord Formation ofGreenland during theRhaetian age of theLate Triassic epoch. Thetype and only species isMitredon cromptoni.[1]
Mitredon is known only from a singleholotype specimen, MGUH VP 3392, which consists of a partialdentary bone preserving several incompletepostcanine teeth. These teeth have fully divided roots, a feature shared withSinoconodon and themammaliaforms, but the teeth ofMitredon are distinguished from these by possessing compressed and recurved cusps akin to those of thechiniquodontids.[1]
