Jump to content

Theriodesmus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Theriodesmus
Temporal range: Middle Permian 266 Ma
[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Suborder:
Genus:
Theriodesmus
Type species
T. phylarcus

Theriodesmus is an extinct genus of Therocephalian found in South Africa.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Kammerer, Christian F.; Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Fröbisch, Jörg (2011). "A Comprehensive Taxonomic Revision Of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its Implications For Dicynodont Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Biostratigraphy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31: 1–158. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.627074.
  2. ^ Seeley, Harry Govier (1888). "V. Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil reptilia.—III. On parts of the skeleton of a mammal from Triassic rocks of Klipfontein, Fraserberg, South Africa (theriodesmus phylarchus, seeley), illustrating the reptilian inheritance in the mammalian hand". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 179: 141–155. doi:10.1098/rstb.1888.0005.