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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
| Family: | †Burnetiidae |
| Genus: | †Leucocephalus Michael O. Day, Roger M. H. Smith, Julien Benoit, Vincent Fernandez, & Bruce S. Rubidge 2018 |
| Species: | †L. wewersi
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| †Leucocephalus wewersi Michael O. Day, Roger M. H. Smith, Julien Benoit, Vincent Fernandez, & Bruce S. Rubidge 2018
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Leucocephalus is a genus of biarmosuchian belonging to the family Burnetiidae dating to the Late Permian[1]. It was found in the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone of the Main Karoo Basin of South Africa. It is a monotypic taxon which contains one species: Leucocephalus wewersi.
References
- ^ Michael O. Day; Roger M. H. Smith; Julien Benoit; Vincent Fernandez; Bruce S. Rubidge (2018). "A new species of burnetiid (Therapsida, Burnetiamorpha) from the early Wuchiapingian of South Africa and implications for the evolutionary ecology of the family Burnetiidae". Papers in Palaeontology. Online edition. doi:10.1002/spp2.1114.
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