Biology:Leontosaurus
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Short description: Extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from South Africa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
| Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
| Tribe: | †Rubidgeini |
| Genus: | †Leontosaurus |
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| Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom & George 1950
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Referred skull, the holotype of Rubidgea platyrhina
Leontosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, Balfour Formation of South Africa . It contains the single species L. vanderhorsti.[1]
See also
- List of synapsids
References
- ↑ Kammerer, Christian F. (2016). "Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia)". PeerJ 4: e1608. doi:10.7717/peerj.1608. PMID 26823998.
Wikidata ☰ Q25094571 entry
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