Novocynodon is an extinct genus of therapsids from the Middle Permian of Russia. Fossils have been found in Alexandrovsky District, Orenburg Oblast. The type and only species is Novocynodon kutorgai.[1] It was classified as a thrinaxodontid cynodont when first described in 2012, but this was disputed by Kammerer (2014), who argued that it might instead be a juvenile anomodont or dinocephalian.[2]
| Novocynodon Temporal range: Middle Permian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Novocynodon Ivachnenko, 2012 |
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| †Novocynodon kutorgai Ivachnenko, 2012
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References
edit- ^ Ivakhnenko, M. F. (2012). "Permian Cynodontia (Theromorpha) of Eastern Europe". Paleontological Journal. 46 (2): 199–207. doi:10.1134/S0031030112020062.
- ^ Kammerer, C. F. (2014). "Theriodontia: Introduction". Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida: 165–169. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_10.
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