Koupia is a dubious[1] extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid. The type species, K. koupensis, was coined by Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra in 1948, with a well-preserved skull from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa, SAM-PK-11796, designated the holotype. This specimen has since been lost, and K. koupensis is currently considered a nomen dubium[1] or a possible junior synonym of Brachyprosopus broomi.[2]
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| Genus: | Koupia Boonstra, 1948
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References
edit- ^ a b King, Gillian M.; Rubidge, Bruce S. (1993). "A taxonomic revision of small dicynodonts with postcanine teeth". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 107 (2): 131–154. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00218.x.
- ^ Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Rubidge, Bruce S.; Day, Michael O.; Lin, Florence (2016). "A reevaluation of Brachyprosopus broomi and Chelydontops altidentalis, dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin, South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (2): e1078342. Bibcode:2016JVPal..36E8342A. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1078342. S2CID 130520407.
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