Leucocephalus
Leucocephalus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
Family: | †Burnetiidae |
Genus: | †Leucocephalus Day et al., 2018 |
Species: | †L. wewersi |
Binomial name | |
Leucocephalus wewersi Day et. al, 2018 | |
Leucocephalus is a genus of biarmosuchian belonging to the family Burnetiidae dating to the Wuchiapingian (Late Permian). It was found in the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone (Tropidostoma) of the Main Karoo Basin of South Africa. It is a monotypic taxon which contains one only species, Leucocephalus wewersi.[1]
References
- ↑ Michael O. Day; Roger M. H. Smith; Julien Benoit; Vincent Fernandez; Bruce S. Rubidge (2018). "A new species of burnetiid (Therapsida, Burnetiamorpha) from the early Wuchiapingian of South Africa and implications for the evolutionary ecology of the family Burnetiidae". Papers in Palaeontology. Online edition. doi:10.1002/spp2.1114.
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