Biology:Archaeosuchus

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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids

Archaeosuchus
Temporal range: Capitanian
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Family: Titanosuchidae
Genus: Archaeosuchus
Broom, 1905
Species:
A. cairncrossi
Binomial name
Archaeosuchus cairncrossi
Broom, 1905

Archaeosuchus is an extinct genus of titanosuchian therapsids widely considered to be dubious.[1]

The type specimen is so poorly preserved that no diagnosis can be made. The specimen being indeterminable means the name is a nomen dubium.[2]

Fossils were found for example in the Ecca Group.[1]

See also

  • List of therapsids

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Schwarz, Ernest Hubert Lewis (1912). South African Geology. p. 156. https://archive.org/details/southafricangeol00schwrich. 
  2. L.D. Boonstra, 1969, "The Fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone (Beaufort Beds of the Karoo", Annals of The South African Museum 56:1-73, pg 35.

Wikidata ☰ Q4785529 entry