Pachygenelus
Extinct genus of cynodonts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pachygenelus is an extinct genus of tritheledontid cynodonts. Fossils have been found from the Karoo basin in South Africa and date back to the Early Jurassic.
Quick Facts Pachygenelus Temporal range: Early Jurassic, Scientific classification ...
Pachygenelus Temporal range: Early Jurassic | |
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restoration of Pachygenelus monus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Family: | †Tritheledontidae |
Genus: | †Pachygenelus Watson, 1913 |
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The genus was named in 1913 on the basis of a partial lower jaw found from South Africa, with the type species being named P. monus. A new species, P. milleri, was named in 1983 and distinguished from the type species in possessing an accessory posterior cusp on the lower postcanines.[1]