Leontosaurus

Leontosaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian
Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Therapsida
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
Referred skull

Leontosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids. It contains the single species L. vanderhorsti.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Kammerer, Christian F. (2016). "Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia)". PeerJ. 4: e1608. doi:10.7717/peerj.1608. PMC 4730894. PMID 26823998.

See also

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