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Wantulignathus

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Wantulignathus
Temporal range: 272.5–259 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Biarmosuchia
Genus: Wantulignathus
Whitney and Sidor, 2016
Species:
W. gwembensis[1]
Binomial name
Wantulignathus gwembensis[1]
Whitney and Sidor, 2016

Wantulignathus is genus of biarmosuchian therapsid from the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Zambia.[2] It is known from fragmentary lower jaws and ribs.

References

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  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Wantulignathus". fossilworks.org.
  2. ^ Whitney, Megan R.; Sidor, Christian A. (2016-04-11). "A new therapsid from the Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Mid-Zambezi Basin) of southern Zambia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (4): e1150767. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1150767. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 130695355.