Galeops

Galeops is an extinct genus of anomodont therapsids from the Middle-Late Permian of South Africa. It was described by Robert Broom in 1912.[1] Some cladistic analyses have recovered it as closely related to dicynodonts.[2]

Galeops
Temporal range: Permian
Galeops skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Chainosauria
Genus: Galeops
Broom, 1912

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References

  1. Broom R. On some new fossil reptiles from the Permian and Triassic beds of South Africa Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912: 859–876 .
  2. Fröbisch, Jörg; Reisz, Robert R. (July 2011). "The postcranial anatomy of Suminia getmanovi (Synapsida: Anomodontia), the earliest known arboreal tetrapod: POSTCRANIUM OF SUMINIA". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 162 (3): 661–698. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00685.x.


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