Galechirus
Galechirus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
Clade: | †Chainosauria |
Genus: | †Galechirus Broom, 1907 |
Species | |
Galechirus is an extinct genus of anomodont therapsids. It was about 30 cm (1 ft) long.
Description[]
Galechirus was lizard-like in appearance. It is considered to be a dicynodont by some paleontologists; others think Galechirus is a younger form of a larger therapsid. Judging from its teeth, it was an insectivore.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Galechirus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 189. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
Categories:
- Anomodont genera
- Lopingian genus first appearances
- Lopingian genus extinctions
- Lopingian synapsids of Africa
- Permian South Africa
- Fossils of South Africa
- Fossil taxa described in 1907
- Taxa named by Robert Broom
- Anomodont stubs