Galesaurus

Taxobox
name = "Galesaurus"
fossil_range = Early Triassic (Induan)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Synapsida
ordo = Therapsida
subordo = Cynodontia
unranked_familia = Epicynodontia
familia = Galesauridae
genus = "Galesaurus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Galesaurus planiceps"

"Galesaurus" was a prehistoric animal, classified as a dinosaur by Sir Richard Owen in 1859. Notably, "Galesaurus" was mentioned in the first issue of Nature in 1869, where T. H. Huxley expressed confidence that it would eventually be shown to be a dinosaur. However, current opinion is that it was not a dinosaur and belongs to a mammal-like group called Cynodonts.

References

* [http://www.nature.com/nature/first/triassic.html "Nature", first issue (online archive)]
* [http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6608&Itemid=67 "Galesaurus"] at DinoData