Keratocephalus
Extinct genus of therapsids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Keratocephalus ("horned head") is an extinct genus of tapinocephalian therapsids from the early Capitanian age of South Africa.[1] It was found in the Lower and Middle Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo deposits, in the Lower Beaufort Beds in Beaufort West
Quick Facts Keratocephalus Temporal range: Capitanian, Scientific classification ...
Keratocephalus Temporal range: Capitanian | |
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Skeleton of Keratocephalus moloch | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
Family: | †Tapinocephalidae |
Subtribe: | †Tapinocephalina |
Genus: | †Keratocephalus von Huene, 1931 |
Species: | †K. moloch |
Binomial name | |
†Keratocephalus moloch von Huene, 1931 | |
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