Biology:Archaeosuchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids
Archaeosuchus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
Family: | †Titanosuchidae |
Genus: | †Archaeosuchus Broom, 1905 |
Species: | †A. cairncrossi
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Binomial name | |
†Archaeosuchus cairncrossi Broom, 1905
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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
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Schwarz, Ernest Hubert Lewis (1912). South African Geology. p. 156. https://archive.org/details/southafricangeol00schwrich.
- ↑ 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