Vaughnictis is an extinct genus of synapsid from the Early Permian of Colorado in the family Eothyrididae. It was originally assigned to the genus Mycterosaurus before it was assigned to the new genus Vaughnictis. It is known from a partial skull, hindlimb, and a few ribs. It is closely related to Eothyris.[1]
| Vaughnictis Temporal range: Early Permian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | †Caseasauria |
| Family: | †Eothyrididae |
| Genus: | †Vaughnictis Brocklehurst et al., 2016 |
| Species: | †V. smithae
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| †Vaughnictis smithae (Lewis & Vaughn, 1965)
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References
edit- ^ Brocklehurst, Neil; Reisz, Robert R.; Fernandez, Vincent; Fröbisch, Jörg (2016-06-22). Beatty, Brian Lee (ed.). "A Re-Description of 'Mycterosaurus' smithae, an Early Permian Eothyridid, and Its Impact on the Phylogeny of Pelycosaurian-Grade Synapsids". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0156810. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1156810B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156810. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4917111. PMID 27333277.
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