Crapartinella

Crapartinella is an extinct genus of therocephalians. It is represented by a single species, Crapartinella croucheri, that was named from the Karoo Basin of South Africa in 1975. Crapartinella is the only eutheriodont known to have vomerine teeth, a primitive condition among tetrapods.[1]

Crapartinella
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Therocephalia
Genus: Crapartinella
Mendrez, 1975
Type species
Crapartinella croucheri
Mendrez, 1975

References

  1. Abdala, F.; Rubidge, B. S.; Van Den Heever, J. (2008). "The Oldest Therocephalians (Therapsida, Eutheriodontia) and the Early Diversification of Therapsida". Palaeontology. 51 (4): 1011. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00784.x.


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