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Cynosaurus

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Cynosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian, 265.1–254.17 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Epicynodontia
Genus: Cynosaurus
Schmidt, 1927
Synonyms
  • Baurocynodon Brink, 1951
  • Cynosuchoides Broom, 1931
  • Cynosuchus Owen, 1876
  • Mygalesuchus Broom, 1942

Cynosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid. Remains have been found from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone in South Africa.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ T. S. Kemp: The Origin and Evolution of Mammals Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-850760-7