Guttigomphus is an extinct genus of trirachodontid that lived in South Africa during the Middle Triassic epoch. It is known from a single species, G. avilionis.[1]
Guttigomphus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Trirachodontidae |
Genus: | †Guttigomphus Rayner et. al., 2022 |
Type species | |
Guttigomphus avilionis Rayner et. al., 2022
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References
edit- ^ Rayner, Romy R.; Butler, Richard J.; Kammerer, Christian F.; Choiniere, Jonah N. (16 December 2022). "Guttigomphus avilionis gen. et sp. nov., a trirachodontid cynodont from the upper Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa". PeerJ. 10: e14355. doi:10.7717/peerj.14355. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 9762250. PMID 36545384.