Megazostrodon

Megazostrodon
Temporal range:
Molariforms of Megazostrodon (A), Erythrotherium (B) and Morganucodon (C)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Mammaliaformes
Order: Morganucodonta
Family: Megazostrodontidae
Genus: Megazostrodon
Crompton & Jenkins, 1968
Type species
Megazostrodon rudnerae
Crompton & Jenkins, 1968
Other species
  • M. chenali Debuysschere et al., 2015

Megazostrodon is an extinct genus of basal mammaliaforms belonging to the order Morganucodonta. It is approximately 200 million years old. Two species are known: M. rudnerae from the Early Jurassic of Lesotho and South Africa, and M. chenali from the Late Triassic of France.