Biology:Hipposauridae
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Short description: Extinct family of therapsids
| Hipposauridae Temporal range: Late Permian
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| Life restoration of Hipposaurus boonstrai | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
| Family: | †Hipposauridae Romer, 1956 |
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Hipposauridae is an extinct family of biarmosuchian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa . It includes the genus Hipposaurus, and possibly the genera Hipposauroides and Pseudhipposaurus. A closely related biarmosuchian is Ictidorhinus, which has been placed in the family Ictidorhinidae.[1]
References
- ↑ Rubidge, B.S.; Sidor, C.A.; Modesto, S.P. (2006). "A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Middle Permian of South Africa". Journal of Paleontology 80 (4): 740–749. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[740:ANBTBF2.0.CO;2].
Wikidata ☰ Q5768598 entry
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