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List Of Therapsids
This list of therapsids is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the Therapsida excluding mammals and purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful ('' nomina dubia''), or were not formally published (''nomina nuda''), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered therapsids. The list currently contains 510 generic names. Naming conventions and terminology Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Technical terms used include: * Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synon ...
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Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ...
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Aelurosauropsis
''Aelurosaurus'' ("cat lizard", from Ancient Greek "cat" and "lizard") is a small, carnivorous, extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsids from the Middle Permian to Late Permian of South Africa. It was discovered in the Karoo Basin of South Africa, and first named by Richard Owen in 1881. It was named so because it appeared to be an ancestor for cat-like marsupials, but not yet a mammal itself. It contains five species, ''A. felinus'', ''A. whaitsi, A. polyodon'', ''A. wilmanae, and A.? watermeyeri''.Owen, R. 1881. On the order Theriodontia with a description of a new genus and species (Aelurognathus fel. Ow.). Quat. Jour. Geol. Soc. London. (Vol. 37): 261–265. ''A. felinus'', the type species, is generally well described with established features, while the other four species are not due to their poorly preserved holotypes. __TOC__ Discovery ''Aelurosaurus'' was discovered in 1881 in the Karoo Basin of South Africa. The skull holotype was missing the postorbital region, so ...
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1920 In Paleontology
Arthropods Newly named insects Archosauromorphs Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Synapsids Non-mammalian References {{portal, Paleontology 1920s in paleontology Paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ... Paleontology 0 ...
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Alopecopsis
''Theriognathus'' (from Greek therion: beast, mammal, Greek, gnathos, “jaw,” +us, pronounced THEH-ree-OG-nah-thuss) is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsid belonging to the family Whaitsiidae, known from fossils from South Africa, Zambia, and Tanzania. ''Theriognathus'' has been dated as existing during the Late Permian. Although ''Theriognathus'' means mammal jaw, the lower jaw is actually made up of several bones as seen in modern reptiles, in contrast to mammals. ''Theriognathus'' displayed many different reptilian and mammalian characteristics. For example, ''Theriognathus'' had canine teeth like mammals, and a secondary palate, multiple bones in the mandible, and a typical reptilian jaw joint, all characteristics of reptiles. It is speculated that ''Theriognathus'' was either carnivorous or omnivorous based on its teeth, and was suited to hunting small prey in undergrowth. This synapsid adopted a sleek profile of a mammalian predator, with a narrow snout and aroun ...
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1915 In Paleontology
Arthropods Newly named insects Archosauromorphs Newly named pseudosuchians Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Anapsids Turtles Synapsids Non-mammalian Paleontologists * Death of Eberhard Fraas. References {{portal, Paleontology 1910s in paleontology Paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ... Paleontology 5 ...
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Alopecognathus
''Alopecognathus'' is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri .... References Scylacosaurids Lopingian synapsids of Africa Fossil taxa described in 1915 Taxa named by Robert Broom Lopingian genus first appearances Lopingian genus extinctions Therocephalia genera {{paleo-therapsid-stub ...
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Guadalupian
The Guadalupian is the second and middle series/epoch of the Permian. The Guadalupian was preceded by the Cisuralian and followed by the Lopingian. It is named after the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico and Texas, and dates between 272.95 ± 0.5 – 259.1 ± 0.4 Mya. The series saw the rise of the therapsids, a minor extinction event called Olson's Extinction and a significant mass extinction called the end-Capitanian extinction event. The Guadalupian was previously known as the Middle Permian. Name and background The Guadalupian is the second and middle series or epoch of the Permian. Previously called Middle Permian, the name of this epoch is part of a revision of Permian stratigraphy for standard global correlation. The name "Guadalupian" was first proposed in the early 1900s, and approved by the International Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy in 1996. References to the Middle Permian still exist. The Guadalupian was preceded by the Cisuralian and followed by the Lop ...
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1908 In Paleontology
Arthropoda Newly named insects Archosauromorphs Newly named basal archosauromorphs Newly named dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Synapsids Non-mammalian References {{portal, Paleontology ...
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1918 In Paleontology
1910s in paleontology Paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ... Paleontology 8 ...
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Akidnognathus
''Akidnognathus'' is an extinct genus of therocephalians. See also * List of therapsids This list of therapsids is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the Therapsida excluding mammals and purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera tha ... References The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Akidnognathids Fossil taxa described in 1918 Taxa named by Sidney H. Haughton Therocephalia genera {{paleo-therapsid-stub ...
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1952 In Paleontology
Plants Mosses Ferns Conifers Cycads Flowering plants Archosauromorphs Dinosaurs Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list. Plesiosaurs New taxa Synapsids Non-mammalian References {{portal, Paleontology 1950s in paleontology Paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ... Paleontology 2 ...
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