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Theriodesmus

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Theriodesmus
Temporal range: Middle Permian 266 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Genus: Theriodesmus
Seeley, 1887
Type species
T. phylarcus
Seeley, 1888

Theriodesmus is an extinct genus of Therocephalian found in South Africa.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kammerer, Christian F.; Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Fröbisch, Jörg (2011). "A Comprehensive Taxonomic Revision Of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its Implications For Dicynodont Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Biostratigraphy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31: 1–158. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.627074.
  2. ^ Seeley, Harry Govier (1888). "V. Researches on the structure, organization, and classification of the fossil reptilia.—III. On parts of the skeleton of a mammal from Triassic rocks of Klipfontein, Fraserberg, South Africa (theriodesmus phylarchus, seeley), illustrating the reptilian inheritance in the mammalian hand". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 179: 141–155. doi:10.1098/rstb.1888.0005.