†Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom and George 1950 (therapsid)
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Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Alternative combination: Sycosaurus vanderhorsti
Synonym: Rubidgea platyrhina Brink and Kitching 1953
Full reference: R. Broom and M. George. 1950. Two new gorgonopsian genera from the Bernard Price collection. South African Journal of Science 46:188-190
Belongs to Leontosaurus according to C. F. Kammerer 2016
See also Broom and George 1950 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Leontosaurus vanderhorsti: BP/1/743, a skull (dorsoventrally crushed skull and lower jaws). Its type locality is Swaelkrans, Murraysburg, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial mudstone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
- Rubidgea platyrhina: BP/1/803, a skull. Its type locality is Swaelkrans, Murraysburg, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial mudstone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: planktonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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