Biology:Crapartinella
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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids from Permian South Africa
| Crapartinella Temporal range: Middle Permian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Therocephalia |
| Genus: | †Crapartinella Mendrez, 1975 |
| Type species | |
| †Crapartinella croucheri Mendrez, 1975
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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.[1] Crapartinella is the only eutheriodont known to have vomerine teeth, a primitive condition among tetrapods.[2]
References
- ↑ Mendrez, C.H. (1975). "Principales variations du palais chez les thérocéphales Sud-Africains (Pristerosauria et Scaloposauria) au cours du Permien Supérieur et du Trias Inférieur.". Colloque international CNRS 218: 379-408.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1392961 entry
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