Lamiasaurus is an extinct genus of therapsids from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo. It is known from an indeterminate jaw fragment that may be either titanosuchid or anteosaurid.[1]
Lamiasaurus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
Family: | †Titanosuchidae |
Genus: | †Lamiasaurus Watson, 1914 |
Species: | †L. newtoni
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Binomial name | |
†Lamiasaurus newtoni Watson, 1914
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References
edit- ^ L.D. Boonstra, 1969, "The Fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone", pg 36