Phocosaurus
| Phocosaurus Temporal range:  Capitanian (Permian)   | |
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| A partial skull of Phocosaurus | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Clade: | Synapsida | 
| Clade: | Therapsida | 
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia | 
| Family: | †Tapinocephalidae | 
| Genus: | † Seeley, 1888  | 
Phocosaurus is an extinct genus of tapinocephalian therapsid. It was found in the Capitanian sediments in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Lee, M.S.Y (1997). "A taxonomic revision of pareiasaurian reptiles: Implications for Permain Terrestrial Palaeoecology". Modern Geology. 21: 231-298.
 
External links
- "Main Groups of Non-Mammalian Synapsida". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022.
 
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