Lobalopex
Extinct genus of therapsids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lobalopex (Greek for “lobe fox” – “lobos” meaning lobe and “alopex” meaning fox) is an extinct genus of biarmosuchian therapsids. It was alive during the Late Permian and has only been found in the Teekloof Formation in South Africa.[1] The only known species of the genus is Lobalopex mordax.[1] Lobalopex is part of the clade of Burnetiamorpha, which have fossil specimens located in multiple areas of Africa and Russia.
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Lobalopex | |
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Life restoration of Lobalopex mordax | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Suborder: | †Biarmosuchia |
Clade: | †Burnetiamorpha |
Genus: | †Lobalopex Sidor et al., 2004 |
Type species | |
†L. mordax Sidor et al., 2004 |
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