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| name = ''Pentasaurus'' |
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| fossil_range = [[Late Triassic]] |
| fossil_range = [[Late Triassic]]<br /> {{Geological range/linked|Norian}} |
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| phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Synapsida]] |
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| genus = Pentasaurus |
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| parent_authority = Kammerer, [[2018 in paleontology|2018]] |
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| familia = †[[Stahleckeriidae]] |
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| species = goggai |
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| genus = †'''''Pentasaurus''''' |
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| authority = Kammerer, 2018 |
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| type_species = †'''''Pentasaurus goggai''''' |
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'''''Pentasaurus''''' is |
'''''Pentasaurus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[dicynodont]] of the family [[Stahleckeriidae]], closely related to the well known ''[[Placerias]]''. It was found in the Lower [[Elliot Formation]] of [[South Africa]], dated to the [[Norian]] of the [[Late Triassic]] period. The genus contains one species, '''''Pentasaurus goggai'''''.<ref name="Kammerer 2018">{{Cite journal|url=https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10539/24148/v52.2018.KAMMERER.First%20dicynodont%20Elliot%20Formation.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y|title=The first skeletal evidence of a dicynodont from the lower Elliot Formation of South Africa|last=Kammerer|first=Christian F.|year=2018|journal=Palaeontologia africana|volume=52|pp=102–128|accessdate=18 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414124549/http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10539/24148/v52.2018.KAMMERER.First%20dicynodont%20Elliot%20Formation.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y|archive-date=14 April 2018|url-status=dead}}.</ref> |
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''Pentasaurus'' is named after the [[ichnogenus]] ''[[Pentasauropus]]'', [[Ichnite|fossil footprints]] which are believed to have been made by dicynodonts that were originally described from the Lower Elliot in 1970 decades before the body fossils of ''Pentasaurus'' itself were recognised. The name of the species honours its collector [[Alfred Brown (palaeontologist)|Alfred Brown]], nicknamed "Gogga", which means "bug" in [[Afrikaans]].<ref name="Kammerer 2018" /> |
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Revision as of 01:44, 9 May 2020
| Pentasaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
| Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
| Family: | †Stahleckeriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Placeriinae |
| Genus: | †Pentasaurus Kammerer, 2018 |
| Species: | †P. goggai
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| †Pentasaurus goggai Kammerer, 2018
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Pentasaurus is an extinct genus of dicynodont of the family Stahleckeriidae, closely related to the well known Placerias. It was found in the Lower Elliot Formation of South Africa, dated to the Norian of the Late Triassic period. The genus contains one species, Pentasaurus goggai.[1]
Pentasaurus is named after the ichnogenus Pentasauropus, fossil footprints which are believed to have been made by dicynodonts that were originally described from the Lower Elliot in 1970 decades before the body fossils of Pentasaurus itself were recognised. The name of the species honours its collector Alfred Brown, nicknamed "Gogga", which means "bug" in Afrikaans.[1]
References
- ^ a b Kammerer, Christian F. (2018). "The first skeletal evidence of a dicynodont from the lower Elliot Formation of South Africa" (PDF). Palaeontologia africana. 52: 102–128. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018..
