Herpetoskylax
Extinct genus of therapsids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Herpetoskylax is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids which existed in South Africa. The type species is Herpetoskylax hopsoni.[2] It lived in the Late Permian Period.[3]
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Herpetoskylax | |
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Herpetoskylax hopsoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
Genus: | †Herpetoskylax Sidor and Rubidge, 2006 |
Species: | †H. hopsoni |
Binomial name | |
†Herpetoskylax hopsoni Sidor and Rubidge, 2006 | |
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The genus name means ‘reptile-puppy’, from the Ancient Greek herpeto- (ἑρπετόν, ‘creeping animal’) and skylax (σκύλαξ, ‘young dog’). The juxtaposition of reptilian and mammalian names highlights the transitional characters of non-mammalian therapsids.[4] The type specimen is CGP 1/67, a skull. The skull and lower jaw were the only components found.