Lanthanostegus
Lanthanostegus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from the Capitanian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Koonap Formation (Beaufort Group) of South Africa. It was assigned to the clade Endothiodontia.[2] The type and the only species is Lanthanostegus mohoii.
| Lanthanostegus Temporal range: Late Permian [1] | |
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| Genus: | †Lanthanostegus Modesto et al. 2003 |
| Species: | †Lanthanostegus mohoii Modesto et al. 2002 |
Taxonomic history
The animal was named as Lanthanocephalus mohoii by Modesto et al. in 2002 but was recombined as Lanthanostegus mohoii in 2003.[3]
See also
References
- Lanthanostegus in the Paleobiology Database
- J. Fröbisch and R. R. Reisz. 2011. The postcranial anatomy of Suminia getmanovi (Synapsida: Anomodontia), the earliest known arboreal tetrapod. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:661-698
- S. P. Modesto, B. S. Rubidge, and J. Welman. 2003. Erratum: A replacement name for Lanthanocephalus Modesto, Rubidge and Welman 2002, not Lanthanocephalus Williams and Starmer 2000. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40(3):467
External links
- "The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive.
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