Cryptovenator

Cryptovenator (Crypto, from Greek kryptos (hidden, secret); venator, from Latin (hunter)) is an extinct genus of sphenacodontid pelycosaurs which existed in Germany during the latest Carboniferous (late Gzhelian age, 300 Ma ± 2.4 Ma). It is known from the holotype LFN−PW 2008/5599−LS, an anterior right mandible fragment, recovered from a dark, fine grained sandstone of the middle Remigiusberg Formation. It was first named by Jörg Fröbisch, Rainer R. Schoch, Johannes Müller, Thomas Schindler and Dieter Schweiss in 2011 and the type species is Cryptovenator hirschbergeri.[1]

Cryptovenator
Temporal range: Latest Carboniferous, 300 Ma
Holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Family: Sphenacodontidae
Subfamily: Sphenacodontinae
Genus: Cryptovenator
Fröbisch et al., 2011
Type species
Cryptovenator hirschbergeri
Fröbisch et al., 2011
Restoration

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Fröbisch et al., 2011:[1]

Edaphosauridae

Sphenacodontia

Haptodus garnettensis

Palaeohatteria longicaudata

Pantelosaurus saxonicus

Ianthodon schultzei

Cutleria wilmarthi

Sphenacodontoidea

Therapsida

Sphenacodontidae

Secodontosaurus obtusidens

Cryptovenator hirschbergeri

Sphenacodon

Ctenospondylus

Dimetrodon

See also

References

  1. Jörg Fröbisch, Rainer R. Schoch, Johannes Müller, Thomas Schindler and Dieter Schweiss (2011). "A new basal sphenacodontid synapsid from the Late Carboniferous of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (1): 113–120. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0039.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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