Myosaurus
Myosaurus is an extinct genus of dicynodont found primarily in Antarctica and South Africa.
| Myosaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic | |
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| Restoration of Myosaurus gracilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
| Family: | †Myosauridae Kitching, 1968 |
| Genus: | †Myosaurus Haughton, 1917 |
| Type species | |
| †M. gracilis Haughton, 1917 | |
History
The Family Myosauridae is known only from fossilized skull specimens. The family is distinguished from other families in the infraorder Dicynodontia by the larger breadth of the skull samples in the intertemporal region. Myosaurus used to be a member of the family Endothiodontidae but was placed in its own family after further investigation.
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See also
References
- "Myosaurus gracilis, an Anomodont Reptile from the Lower Triassic of Antarctica and South Africa" - by W. R. Hammer and J. W. Cosgriff; Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 55, No. 2 (Mar., 1981), pp. 410–424; Published by: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology; Article Stable URL: www.jstor.org/stable/1304227
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