Leontosaurus
Temporal range:
Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Referred skull

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kammerer, Christian F. (2016). "Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia)". PeerJ. 4: e1608. doi:10.7717/peerj.1608. PMC 4730894. PMID 26823998.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
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