Leontocephalus rubidgei Broom 1940 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Gorgonopidae

Alternative combination: Broomisaurus rubidgei

Full reference: R. Broom. 1940. Some new Karroo reptiles from the Graaff-Reinet district. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20:71-87

Belongs to Leontocephalus according to D. S. Sigogneau-Russell 1989

See also Broom 1940

Sister taxon: Aelurognathus tigriceps

Type specimen: RC 19, a partial skull. Its type locality is Doornberg, New Bethesda, Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Doornberg, New Bethesda, Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone

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