Phocosaurus is an extinct genus of tapinocephalian therapsid. It was found in the Capitanian sediments in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.[1]
| Phocosaurus Temporal range: Capitanian (Permian)
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| A partial skull of Phocosaurus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Family: | †Tapinocephalidae |
| Genus: | †Phocosaurus Seeley, 1888 |
See also
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References
edit- ^ Lee, M.S.Y (1997). "A taxonomic revision of pareiasaurian reptiles: Implications for Permain Terrestrial Palaeoecology". Modern Geology. 21: 231-298.
External links
edit- "Main Groups of Non-Mammalian Synapsida". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022.
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