Dolichuranus is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsids from the Middle Triassic Omingonde Formation of Namibia and the Ntawere Formation of Zambia.

Dolichuranus
Temporal range: Anisian
~247–242 Ma
Life restoration of Dolichuranus primaevus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Clade: Kannemeyeriiformes
Genus: Dolichuranus
Keyser, 1973
Species
  • D. primaevus

Phylogeny

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Dolichuranus in a cladogram after Szczygielski & Sulej (2023):[1]

Kannemeyeriiformes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Szczygielski, T.; Sulej, T. (2023). "Woznikella triradiata n. gen., n. sp. – a new kannemeyeriiform dicynodont from the Late Triassic of northern Pangea and the global distribution of Triassic dicynodonts". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 22 (16): 279–406. doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a16. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  • Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas

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