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Mirotenthes

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Mirotenthes
Temporal range: 259.9 – 254.17 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Therocephalia
Superfamily: Whaitsioidea
Genus: Mirotenthes
J. Attridge 1956
Type species
Mirotenthes digitipes

Mirotenthes digitipes is a therocephalian known from Late Permian Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Attridge, John (1956). "The Morphology and Relationships of a Complete Therocephalian Skeleton fromm the Cistecephalus Zone of South Africa". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh B. 66: 59–93.
  2. ^ Angielczyk, Kenneth D. (June 2009). "Dimetrodon Is Not a Dinosaur: Using Tree Thinking to Understand the Ancient Relatives of Mammals and their Evolution". Evolution: Education and Outreach. 2 (2): 257–271. doi:10.1007/s12052-009-0117-4. ISSN 1936-6434.