Biology:Ictidochampsa

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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa

Ictidochampsa
Temporal range: Wuchiapingian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Family: Whaitsiidae
Genus: Ictidochampsa
Broom, 1948
Type species
Ictidochampsa platyceps
Broom, 1948

Ictidochampsa is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa . The type species Ictidochampsa platyceps was named by South African paleontologist Robert Broom in 1948 from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone.[1]

References

  1. Nicolas, M.; Rubidge, B.S. (2010). "Changes in Permo-Triassic terrestrial tetrapod ecological representation in the Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup) of South Africa". Lethaia 43 (1): 45–59. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00171.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5986790 entry