Tritheledon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of cynodonts}}

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| fossil_range = Early Jurassic
~{{fossil range|201.6|189.6}}

| parent_authority = Broom 1912

| genus = Tritheledon

| species = riconoi

| authority = Broom 1912

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Tritheledon is an extinct genus of cynodonts that lived during the Lower Jurassic. Fossils were found in the Elliot Formation, South Africa. Like all cynodonts, it had many traits shared by mammals. Tritheledonts were probably insectivores, and nocturnal animals.Luo, Z-X, Z Kielan-Jaworowska & RL Cifelli (2002), In quest for a phylogeny of Mesozoic mammals. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 47: 1-78.