Criocephalosaurus

Criocephalosaurus
Criocephalosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Division: Amniota
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Therapsida
Family: Tapinocephalidae
Genus: Criocephalosaurus
Kammerer & Sidor, 2002

Criocephalosaurus is an extinct genus of synapsid which existed in South Africa. It was originally named Criocephalus, but the name was preoccupied by a beetle genus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kammerer, C.F & Sidor, C.A. (2002). "Replacement names for the therapsid genera Criocephalus Broom 1928 and Olivieria Brink 1965". Palaeontologia Africana 38: 71–72.