Platycraniellus
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Extinct genus of cynodonts from the early Triassic of South Africa
Platycraniellus Temporal range: Induan
~252–247 Ma PreꞒ
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | Epicynodontia |
Genus: | Platycraniellus van Hoepen, 1917 |
Species: | P. elegans
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Platycraniellus elegans van Hoepen, 1917
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Platycraniellus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian cynodonts. It is known from the Early Triassic Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Normandien Formation of South Africa. The type and only species is P. elegans.[1]
See also[]
- List of therapsids
References[]
- ^ Abdala, Fernando (2007). "Redescription of Platycraniellus Elegans (therapsida, Cynodontia) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa, and the Cladistic Relationships of Eutheriodonts". Palaeontology. 50 (3): 591–618. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00646.x.
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