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Extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from South Africa
Leontosaurus Temporal range:
Late Permian
PreꞒ
Ꞓ
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade :
Synapsida
Clade :
Therapsida
Clade :
† Gorgonopsia
Family:
† Gorgonopsidae
Tribe:
† Rubidgeini
Genus:
† Leontosaurus
Type species
Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom & George 1950
Synonyms
Rubidgea platyrhina Brink & Kitching 1953
Sycosaurus vanderhorsti Sigogneau 1970
Referred skull, the holotype of
Rubidgea platyrhina
Leontosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone , Balfour Formation of South Africa . It contains the single species L. vanderhorsti .[1]
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Gorgonopsia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade : Synapsida
Clade : Therapsida
Clade : Theriodontia
Category
Geology of South Africa
Geological formations
Palaeoarchaean
Bushveld Igneous Complex
Fig Tree Formation
Komatii Formation
Moodies Group
Onverwacht Group
Transvaal Supergroup
Paleozoic
Carboniferous
Dwyka Group
Ganigobis Formation
Devonian
Bokkeveld Group
Table Mountain Sandstone
Permian
Abrahamskraal Formation
Balfour Formation
Dwyka Group
Ganigobis Formation
Teekloof Formation
Whitehill Formation
Ordovician
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Uitenhage Group
Kalahari Deposits
Jurassic
Karoo Supergroup
Beaufort Group
Abrahamskraal Formation
Balfour Formation
Katberg Formation
Middleton Formation
Teekloof Formation
Dwyka Group
Ecca Group
Stormberg Group
Triassic
Cenozoic
Mineral deposits
Kimberlite
Merensky Reef
Witwatersrand
Minerals Council South Africa
Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa)
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy
Paleontology
Ordovician Devonian Carboniferous Permian Beaufort Group
Triassic
Jurassic Cretaceous Paleogene Neogene Pleistocene Other
Research and administration
Geologists Paleontologists
Andrew Geddes Bain
Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra
Charles Kimberlin Brain
Robert Broom
Alfred Brown
Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan
H. Basil S. Cooke
Alfred W. Crompton
Daniel Rossouw Kannemeyer
Andre Keyser
James Kitching
John Talbot Robinson
George William Stow
Eduard Meine van Zinderen-Bakker
Category
Glossary
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