Traversodontidae

Traversodontidae Temporal range: Middle Triassic - Late Triassic, 247–201.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Siriusgnathus
Skull of Exaeretodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Clade:	Cynodontia
Clade:	†Neogomphodontia
Family:	†Traversodontidae von Huene, 1936
Subgroups[1]
†Andescynodon †Colbertosaurus †Etjoia †Gornogomphodon? †Mandagomphodon †Nanogomphodon †Paratraversodon †Pascualgnathus †Scalenodon †Theropsodon †Traversodontinae †Luangwa †Traversodon †Massetognathinae †Arctotraversodontinae †Gomphodontosuchinae

Traversodontidae is an extinct family of herbivorous cynodonts. Traversodonts were primarily Gondwanan, with many species known from Africa and South America. Recently, traversodonts have also been found from Europe and North America. Traversodonts first appeared in the Middle Triassic and diversified in the Late Triassic before going extinct at the end of the epoch. The family Traversodontidae was erected by Friedrich von Huene in 1936 for cynodonts first found in São Pedro do Sul in Paleorrota, Brazil.