†Smilesaurus Broom 1948 (therapsid)
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Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Synonym: Pardocephalus Broom 1948
Full reference: R. Broom. 1948. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Vertebrates of the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 61(2):577-629
Parent taxon: Rubidgeinae according to C. F. Kammerer 2016
See also Broom 1948
Sister taxa: Aelurognathus, Aelurognathus nyasaensis, Leogorgon, Rubidgeini, Ruhuhucerberus, Sycosaurus
Subtaxa: Smilesaurus ferox
Type: Smilesaurus ferox
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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