Compsodon
Extinct genus of dicynodonts from Southern Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Compsodon is an extinct genus of dicynodont belonging to the superfamily Emydopoidea. Fossils have been found in the Balfour Formation of South Africa and the Madumabisa Mudstone of Zambia.
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Compsodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
Superfamily: | †Emydopoidea |
Genus: | †Compsodon van Hoepen, 1934 |
Type species | |
Compsodon helmoedi van Hoepen, 1934 |
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