Biology:Protocaptorhinus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
| Protocaptorhinus Temporal range: Early Permian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Captorhinidae |
| Genus: | †Protocaptorhinus Clark & Carroll, 1973 |
| Species: | †P. pricei
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| †Protocaptorhinus pricei Clark & Carroll, 1973
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Protocaptorhinus is an extinct genus of Early Permian (Cisuralian epoch) captorhinid reptile known from Texas of the United States . It is known from the holotype MCZ 1478, a three-dimensionally preserved partial skull. It was collected in the Rattlesnake Canyon site from the Petrolia Formation. It was first named by Clark and Carroll in 1973 and the type species is Protocaptorhinus pricei. The generic name means "first Captorhinus" (from Greek) and the specific name honours Llewellyn Ivor Price.[1]
See also
- Geology of Wichita Falls, Texas
References
- ↑ J. Clark; R. L. Carroll (1973). "Romeriid Reptiles from the Lower Permian". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144 (5): 353–407.
Wikidata ☰ Q3178224 entry
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