Biology:Zinnosaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of therapsids from the Early Triassic of Brazil

Zinnosaurus
Temporal range: Early Triassic?
~249 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Eutheriodontia
Clade: Therocephalia
Clade: Scylacosauria
Family: Scylacosauridae
Genus: Zinnosaurus
Boonstra, 1968
Type species
Zinnosaurus paucidens
Boonstra, 1964

Zinnosaurus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Early Triassic of South Africa . A single partial skeleton was named from the Lower Beaufort Beds, Karoo Basin in South Africa by paleontologist Lieuwe Dirk Boonstra in 1964[1]. Zinnosaurus and other therocephalians have never been found in South America[2].

References

Wikidata ☰ Q720338 entry