Biology:Zinnosaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids from the Early Triassic of Brazil

Zinnosaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic?
~249 Ma
Scientific classification e
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Synapsida
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Therapsida
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Eutheriodontia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Therocephalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Scylacosauria
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Scylacosauridae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Zinnosaurus
Boonstra, 1968
Type species
Zinnosaurus paucidens
Boonstra, 1964

Zinnosaurus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Early Triassic of South Africa . A single partial skeleton was named from the Lower Beaufort Beds, Karoo Basin in South Africa by paleontologist Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra in 1964[1]. Zinnosaurus and other therocephalians have never been found in South America[2].

References

Wikidata ☰ Q720338 entry