Santacruzodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of cynodonts}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Santacruzodon

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Triassic}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• S. hopsoni (type)

}}

Santacruzodon is an extinct genus of cynodonts which existed in Brazil during the Triassic period. The type species is Santacruzodon hopsoni.{{Cite journal|author1=Abdala, F. |author2=Ribeiro, A.M. |name-list-style=amp |year=2003|title=A new traversodontid cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation (Ladinian-Carnian) of southern Brazil, with a phylogenetic analysis of Gondwanan traversodontids|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=139|pages=529–545|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00096.x|doi-access=free}}