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Leontosaurus
Extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leontosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, Balfour Formation of South Africa. It contains the single species L. vanderhorsti.[1]
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Leontosaurus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | †Gorgonopsia |
Family: | †Gorgonopsidae |
Tribe: | †Rubidgeini |
Genus: | †Leontosaurus |
Type species | |
Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom & George 1950 | |
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