Therioherpeton
| Therioherpeton Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | Therioherpetidae |
| Genus: | Therioherpeton Barberena and Bonaparte, 1975 |
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Therioherpeton is a genus based on Therioherpeton cargnini, a small cynodont who lived in the Triassic and was collected in Santa Maria, Santa Maria Formation, the Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil. It was a small carnivore. For his characteristic (Barberena & Bonaparte, 1975), was touted as a likely ancestor of mammals.
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