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Lanthanostegus

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Lanthanostegus
Temporal range: Late Permian 265.1–259.9 Ma [1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Genus: Lanthanostegus
Modesto et al., 2003[2]
Type species
Lanthanostegus mohoii
Modesto et al., 2002[3]

Lanthanostegus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from the Capitanian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Koonap Formation (Beaufort Group) of South Africa. The type and the only species is Lanthanostegus mohoii.

Taxonomic history

The animal was named as Lanthanocephalus mohoii by Modesto et al. in 2002 but was recombined as Lanthanostegus mohoii in 2003, as the genus Lanthanocephalus was preoccupied by a coral.[2]

Phylogeny

The topology follows Duhamel et al. (2024).[4]

Dicynodontia

See also

References

  1. ^ Lanthanostegus in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ a b Modesto, S.P.; Rubidge, B.S.; Welman, J. (2003). "Erratum: A replacement name for Lanthanocephalus Modesto, Rubidge, and Welman 2002, not Lanthanocephalus Williams and Starmer 2000". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 40: 467. doi:10.1139/E03-900.
  3. ^ Modesto, Sean P.; Rubidge, Bruce S.; Welman, Johann (2002). "A new dicynodont therapsid from the Lowermost Beaufort Group, Upper Permian of South Africa". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 39: 1755–1765. doi:10.1139/E02-091.
  4. ^ Duhamel, Alienor; Benoit, Julien; Wynd, Brenen; Wright, April Marie; Rubidge, Bruce (13 February 2024). "Redescription of three basal anomodonts: a phylogenetic reassessment of the holotype of Eodiynodon oelofseni (NMQR 2913)". Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1220341.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)