Lamiasaurus

Extinct genus of therapsids

Lamiasaurus
Temporal range: Capitanian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Dinocephalia
Family: Titanosuchidae
Genus: Lamiasaurus
Watson, 1914
Species:
L. newtoni
Binomial name
Lamiasaurus newtoni
Watson, 1914

Lamiasaurus is an extinct genus of therapsids from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo. It is known from an indeterminate jaw fragment that may be either titanosuchid or anteosaurid.[1]

References

  1. ^ L.D. Boonstra, 1969, "The Fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone", pg 36
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Taxon identifiers
Lamiasaurus


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