Trochosaurus
Trochosaurus (from Greek: τρόχoς trókhos, 'badger' and Greek: σαῦρος saûros, 'lizard') is an extinct genus of South African therocephalians. In 1908 and 1915, some of its member species were first described by Robert Broom as Trochosuchus spp. (e.g., Trochosuchus acutus and Trochosuchus major) but later in 1915 by Sidney Henry Haughton reassigned to the new genus Trochosaurus.[1][2] The genus includes some of the most primitive known Therocephalia.[3]
| Trochosaurus Temporal range: Permian | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Order: | †Therocephalia |
| Family: | †Trochosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Trochosaurus |
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See also
References
- 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.
- 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.
- "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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