Phocosaurus

Phocosaurus
Temporal range: 264.28–259.51 Ma
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Capitanian (Permian)
A partial skull of Phocosaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Family: Tapinocephalidae
Genus: Phocosaurus
Seeley, 1888

Phocosaurus is an extinct genus of tapinocephalian therapsid. It was found in the Capitanian sediments in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Lee, M.S.Y (1997). "A taxonomic revision of pareiasaurian reptiles: Implications for Permain Terrestrial Palaeoecology". Modern Geology. 21: 231-298.
Taxon identifiers
Phocosaurus
  • "Main Groups of Non-Mammalian Synapsida". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022.
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Synapsida
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Dinocephalia
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Phreatosuchidae?
Anteosauridae
Anteosaurinae
Syodontinae
Estemmenosuchidae
Titanosuchidae
Tapinocephalidae
Tapinocephalinae
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