| Nanogomphodon Temporal range: Middle Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | †Gomphodontia |
| Clade: | †Neogomphodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Genus: | †Nanogomphodon Hopson & Sues, 2006 |
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| †Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006 | |
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†Nanogomphodon wildi Hopson & Sues, 2006 | |
Nanogomphodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in Germany during the Middle Triassic period.
Nanogomphodon were small herbivorous traversodontid gomphodonts. The type species is Nanogomphodon wildi. They are only known from a few isolated teeth recovered in 2006 from the Erfurt Formation of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The name comes from Greek for "dwarf peg tooth"; from νάνος (nános, 'dwarf'), γόμφος (gómphos, 'peg' or 'nail'), and ὀδούς (odoús, 'tooth').
References
- "Nanogomphodon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
- J.A. Hopson & H.D. Sues (2006). "A traversodont cynodont from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Baden-Württemberg (Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 80 (2): 124–129. doi:10.1007/bf02988972. S2CID 128486943.
- Hans-Dieter Sues & Nicholas C. Fraser (2010). Triassic life on land: the great transition. Columbia University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-231-13522-1.
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