Leontosaurus
Extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from South Africa
| Leontosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Tribe: | †Rubidgeini |
| Genus: | †Leontosaurus |
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| Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom & George 1950 | |
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Leontosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, Balfour Formation of South Africa. It contains the single species L. vanderhorsti.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Kammerer, Christian F. (2016). "Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia)". PeerJ. 4: e1608. doi:10.7717/peerj.1608. PMC 4730894. PMID 26823998.
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