Galeops is an extinct genus of anomodont therapsids from the Middle-Late Permian of South Africa. It was described by Robert Broom in 1912.[1] Some cladistic analyses have recovered it as closely related to dicynodonts.[2]
Galeops Temporal range: Permian
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Galeops skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
Clade: | †Chainosauria |
Genus: | †Galeops Broom, 1912 |
See also
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edit- ^ Broom R. On some new fossil reptiles from the Permian and Triassic beds of South Africa Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912: 859–876 .
- ^ Fröbisch, Jörg; Reisz, Robert R. (July 2011). "The postcranial anatomy of Suminia getmanovi (Synapsida: Anomodontia), the earliest known arboreal tetrapod: POSTCRANIUM OF SUMINIA". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 162 (3): 661–698. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00685.x.