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Hipposauridae

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Hipposauridae
Temporal range: Late Permian
Life restoration of Hipposaurus boonstrai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Biarmosuchia
Family: Hipposauridae
Romer, 1956
Genera

Hipposauridae is an extinct family of biarmosuchian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. It includes the genus Hipposaurus, and possibly the genera Hipposauroides and Pseudhipposaurus. A closely related biarmosuchian is Ictidorhinus, which has been placed in the family Ictidorhinidae.[1]

References

  1. ^ Rubidge, B.S.; Sidor, C.A.; Modesto, S.P. (2006). "A new burnetiamorph (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Middle Permian of South Africa". Journal of Paleontology. 80 (4): 740–749. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[740:ANBTBF]2.0.CO;2.