Galesaurus
Extinct genus of cynodonts from the Triassic of South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Galesaurus (from the Greek roots for 'weasel' and 'lizard') is an extinct genus of carnivorous cynodont therapsid that lived between the Induan and the Olenekian stages of the Early Triassic in what is now South Africa.[1] It was incorrectly classified as a dinosaur by Sir Richard Owen in 1859.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Galesauridae |
Genus: | †Galesaurus Owen, 1859 |
Type species | |
Galesaurus planiceps Owen, 1859 |
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Notably, Galesaurus was mentioned in the first issue of Nature in 1869, where T. H. Huxley erroneously expressed confidence that it would eventually be shown to be a dinosaur.[2]