Trochosaurus

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Trochosaurus
Temporal range: Permian
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: †Therocephalia
Family: †Trochosuchidae
Genus: †Trochosaurus
Species
  • †T. acutus

Trochosaurus is an extinct genus of South African therocephalians. In 1915 and later, some of its member species were first described by Robert Broom as Trochosuchus spp. (e.g., Trochosuchus major) and later reassigned to the new genus.[1][2] The genus includes some of the most primitive known Therocephalia.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Broom, Robert (January 4, 1915). "Catalogue of types and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 2 - Permian, Triassic and Jurassic reptiles of South Africa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 25 (2) – via American Museum of Natural History.
  2. ^ Wyllie, Alistair (October 14, 2003). "A review of Robert Broom's therapsid holotypes: have they survived the test of time" (PDF). Palaeontologia africana. 39: 1–19 – via CORE.
  3. ^ "Tooth replacement in mammal-like reptiles of the suborders gorgonopsia and therocephalia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 240 (670): 95–133. 1956-09-20. doi:10.1098/rstb.1956.0013. ISSN 2054-0280.

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