''Rhachiocephalus'' is an extinct
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
dicynodont
Dicynodontia is an extinct clade of anomodonts, an extinct type of non-mammalian therapsid. Dicynodonts were herbivores that typically bore a pair of tusks, hence their name, which means 'two dog tooth'. Members of the group possessed a horny, t ...
therapsid.
References
The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
Bidentalia
Lopingian synapsids of Africa
Fossil taxa described in 1898
Taxa named by Harry Seeley
Lopingian genus first appearances
Lopingian genus extinctions
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