Biology:Cerdorhinus

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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids

Cerdorhinus
Temporal range: Permian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Gorgonopsia
Family: Gorgonopsidae
Genus: Cerdorhinus
Broom, 1936
Type species
Cerdorhinus parvidens
Broom, 1936

Cerdorhinus is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the Permian of South Africa . The type species Cerdorhinus parvidens was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1936.[1] A second species, Cerdorhinus rubidgei, was named in 1937. In 2007, a specimen of the latter was reassigned to the genus Cyonosaurus.[2]

References

  1. Broom, Robert (1936). "On some new genera and species of Karroo fossil reptiles, with notes on some others". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 18: 349-386. 
  2. Gebauer, E.V.I. (2007). Phylogeny and evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a special reference to the skull and skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113 ('Aelurognathus?' parringtoni) (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). Tübingen: Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen. pp. 1–316.

Wikidata ☰ Q2917618 entry