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Wantulignathus

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Extinct genus of mammal ancestors

Wantulignathus
Temporal range: 272.5–259 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: †Biarmosuchia
Genus: †Wantulignathus
Whitney and Sidor, 2016
Species: †W. gwembensis
Binomial name
†Wantulignathus gwembensis
Whitney and Sidor, 2016

Wantulignathus is genus of biarmosuchian therapsid from the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Zambia. It is known from fragmentary lower jaws and ribs.

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Wantulignathus". fossilworks.org.
  2. Whitney, Megan R.; Sidor, Christian A. (2016-04-11). "A new therapsid from the Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Mid-Zambezi Basin) of southern Zambia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (4): e1150767. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1150767. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 130695355.
Biarmosuchia
Synapsida
Biarmosuchia
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Biarmosuchia
†Biarmosuchia
Nikkasauridae?
Biarmosuchidae
Eotitanosuchidae
Hipposauridae
Burnetiamorpha
Burnetiidae
Biarmosuchus tener Proburnetia viatkensis


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