title: Tricuspes
text: # Tricuspes
  
  Tricuspes is an extinct genus of cynodonts that lived in what would be Europe during the Triassic from 203.6 to 199.6 mya, existing for approximately 4 million years. Three species are known: Tricuspes tubingensis (Huene, 1933), Tricuspes sigogneauae (Hahn et al., 1994) and Tricuspes tapeinodon (Godefroit and Battail, 1997), which are all from the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) period in continental Europe.
  
  ## Places of discovery
  
  Teeth of Tricuspes tubingensis have been found at the following locations:
  
  * Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
  * Medernach
  * Baden-Württemberg
  * Kanton Schaffhausen
  
  ## Dentition
  
  This genus is represented only by isolated teeth found in continental Europe. Its postcanine molariform teeth are tricuspate or tetracuspate and the tooth roots are incipiently divided.
  
  