Cynosaurus
Extinct genus of cynodonts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cynosaurus is an extinct genus of cynodonts. Remains have been found from the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone in South Africa.[1] Cynosaurus was first described by Richard Owen in 1876 as Cynosuchus suppostus. Cynosaurus has been found in the late Permian period. Cyno- is derived from the Greek word kyon for dog and –sauros in Greek meaning lizard.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | Epicynodontia |
Genus: | †Cynosaurus Schmidt, 1927 |
Type species | |
Cynosaurus suppostus Owen, 1859 | |
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