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Santacruzodon Temporal range: Late Triassic |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Traversodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Massetognathinae |
| Genus: | †Santacruzodon |
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Santacruzodon is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in Brazil during the Triassic period. The type species is Santacruzodon hopsoni.
Santacruzodon hopsoni, is a species that was collected in 1995 in Santa Cruz do Sul, in the Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil. This species is linked to Dadadon, found in Madagascar.