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Pentasaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Pentasaurus

Kammerer, 2018
Binomial name
Pentasaurus goggai
Kammerer, 2018

Pentasaurus is a genus of dicynodont belonging to the family Stahleckeriidae that dates to the Late Triassic[1]. It was found in the Elliot Formation of South Africa. The genus contains one species, Pentasaurus goggai.

References

  1. ^ Christian F. Kammerer (2018). "The first skeletal evidence of a dicynodont from the lower Elliot Formation of South Africa". Palaeontologia africana. 52: 102–128.