Rewaconodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of cynodonts}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|237|208.5}}

| taxon = Rewaconodon

| authority = Datta et al., 2004

| type_species = {{Extinct}}Rewaconodon tikiensis

| type_species_authority = Datta et al., 2004

| subdivision_ranks = Other species

| subdivision =

  • {{Extinct}}R. indicus Bhat et al., 2020

}}

Rewaconodon is an extinct genus of dromatheriid cynodonts which existed in India during the upper Triassic period. It is known from two species: R. tikiensis and R. indicus, both of which were found in the Tiki Formation.{{cite journal |author=P. M. Datta, D. P. Das & Z.-X. Luo |year=2004 |title=A Late Triassic dromatheriid (Synapsida: Cynodontia) from India |journal=Annals of Carnegie Museum |volume=73 |issue=2 |pages=12–24}}{{cite journal |last1=Bhat |first1=M. S. |last2=Ray |first2=S. |last3=Datta |first3=P. M. |title=New cynodonts (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Late Triassic of India and their significances |journal=Journal of Paleontology |date=2020 |pages=1–18 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2020.95}} Other, undescribed species may have lived in North America.{{cite journal |author1=Andrew B. Heckert |author2=Spencer G. Lucas |name-list-style=amp |year=2006 |title=Micro- and small vertebrate biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Upper Triassic Chinle group, southwestern USA |editor=Jerry D. Harris |editor2=Spencer G. Lucas |editor3=Justin A. Spielmann |editor4=Martin G. Lockley |editor5=Andrew R. C. Milner |editor6=James I. Kirkland |journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin |volume=37 |pages=94–104 |url=https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/asu/f/Heckert_A_2006_37_Micro.pdf }}

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