Prozostrodon

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Prozostrodon Fossil range: Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Synapsida Order: Therapsida Suborder: Cynodontia (unranked) Probainognathia Genus: Prozostrodon Species: P. brasiliensis

Prozostrodon was an advanced cynodont that was closely related to the ancestors of mammals. Its relatives gave rise to the first mammaliformes. Prozostrodon lived in what is now South America.^[1]

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1. ^ The Continental Tetrapod-Bearing Triassic of South Brazil