# Colbertosaurus

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Extinct genus of cynodonts

Colbertosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Synapsida Clade: Therapsida Clade: Cynodontia Family: †Traversodontidae Genus: †Colbertosaurus Minoprio, 1954 Species †C. muralis Minoprio, 1954 (type)

***Colbertosaurus*** is an extinct [genus](/source/Genus) of [traversodontid](/source/Traversodontid) [cynodonts](/source/Cynodont) from the [Middle Triassic](/source/Middle_Triassic) of [Argentina](/source/Argentina). A single species *C. muralis* was named in 1954 from a fragmentary jaw. *Colbertosaurus* was originally placed in [Ictidosauria](/source/Ictidosauria), an outdated name for a group of cynodonts that includes [tritheledontids](/source/Tritheledontid). It is the only cynodont known from the [Potrerillos Formation](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Potrerillos_Formation,_Argentina&action=edit&redlink=1) and is similar in appearance to *[Pascualgnathus](/source/Pascualgnathus)* from the [Puesto Viejo Formation](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puesto_Viejo_Formation&action=edit&redlink=1). The similarity between the two traversodontids has been used to correlate the two formations.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BJF66_1-0)** Bonaparte, J. F. (1966). ["Chronological survey of the tetrapod-bearing Triassic of Argentina"](https://biostor.org/reference/4288). *Breviora*. **251**: 1–13.

v t e Cynognathia Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Synapsida Clade: Therapsida Clade: Cynodontia Clade: Eucynodontia Synapsida see Synapsida Cynodontia see Cynodontia Cynognathia see below↓ Cynognathia Cynognathia Cynognathus Gomphodontia Gornogomphodon Diademodontidae Diademodon Titanogomphodon Trirachodontidae Cricodon Guttigomphus Impidens Langbergia Trirachodon Sinognathinae Beishanodon Sinognathus Traversodontidae Andescynodon Colbertosaurus Etjoia Luangwa Mandagomphodon Nanogomphodon Pascualgnathus Scalenodon Theropsodon Traversodon Massetognathinae Dadadon? Massetognathus Santacruzodon Arctotraversodontinae Arctotraversodon Boreogomphodon Habayia Maubeugia Microscalenodon Plinthogomphodon Rosieria Gomphodontosuchinae Exaeretodon Gomphodontosuchus Menadon Protuberum Ruberodon Scalenodontoides Siriusgnathus Category

Taxon identifiers Colbertosaurus Wikidata: Q5141951 GBIF: 4817613 IRMNG: 1155230 Paleobiology Database: 39199

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