Genus: Andescynodon BONAPARTE, 1967
Etymology: In reference to the Andes Mountains, a feature of the region where
the fossil was found in South America, and Greek, kyn- (kyos), “dog”,
Greek, odon, “tooth”: Andes cynodont.
= Rusconiodon BONAPARTE, 1970
Etymology: In honor of Carlos, Rusconi, Argentine Palaeontologist and Greek, odon, “tooth”:
Rusconi’s tooth.
Species: mendozensis BONAPARTE, 1967
Etymology:
Holotype: PVL 3833
Locality: 5 km to the west of Villa de Potrerillos, Mendoza Province, Argentina.
Horizon: Cerro de las Cabras Formation (old Middle or Upper Rio Mendoza Formation).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Anisian Stage/Early Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Nearly complete skull.
Referred material:
(as listed by ABDALA, 2000)
PVL 3835: Small mandible with almost complete dentition.
PVL 3836: Skull lacking the anterior portion of the muzzle and the left zygomatic arch, postcranial elements, some of them in a nodule.
PVL 3899: Nearly complete skulls.
PVL 3890: ?Incomplete skull, mandible 2 humeri, tibia, fibula, and unidentified fragments.
PVL 3891: ?4 complete mandibles (one with well preserved teeth), and a mandible fragment.
PVL 3894: Skull, mandible, humerus, femur, portion of the pelvic girdle, part of the clavicle, an isolated vertebra, nodule with vertebral column and other postcranial elements.
PVL 3895: Skull lacking the left zygomatic arch, a fragmentary muzzle, portion of the maxilla with teeth.
PVL 3896: ?5 mandibles.
PVL 3897? Skull and postcranium.
PVL 3899: Skull and mandible articulated.
PVL 3903: Mandibles with teeth, femur and bone fragments.
PVL 3907: Juvenile mandible.
PVL 4069-4072: Many complete mandibular rami.
PVL 4390: Skull, mandible, 3 articulated vertebrae and 1 isolated vertebra of a juvenile.
PVL 4422-4429-4431: Postcanine teeth, many cranial fragments.
PVL 4423: Scapula.
PVL 4424-4427: 4 humeri.
PVL 4428: Right pectoral girdle.
PVL 4432: 1 incomplete vertebra.
PVL 6226: Incomplete vertebra.
= Rusconiodon mignonei BONAPARTE, 1970
Etymology:Holotype: PVL 3840
Locality: 5 km to the west of Villa de Potrerillos, Mendoza Province, Argentina.
Horizon: Cerro de las Cabras Formation (old Middle or Upper Rio Mendoza Formation).
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Anisian Stage/Early Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.
Material: Skull, dentary and fragmentary skeleton.
Referred material:
(as listed by ABDALA, 2000)
PVL 3834: Skull with badly preserved teeth.
PVL 3892a: Skull with mandible articulated, laterally compressed.
PVL 3892b: Skull, lacking the right postorbital bar and the anterior portion of the muzzle.
PVL 3892c: Fragment of skull, from the canines to the pterygoids.
PVL 3892d: Fragment of the skull and fragment of the pelvis.
PVL 3900: Skull and mandible articulated.