Leucocephalus wewersi Day et al. 2018 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Burnetiidae

Full reference: M. O. Day, R. M. H. Smith, J. Benoit, V. Fernandez, and B. S. Rubidge. 2018. A new species of burnetiid (Therapsida, Burnetiamorpha) from the early Wuchiapingian of South Africa and implications for the evolutionary ecology of the family Burnetiidae. Papers in Palaeontology

Belongs to Leucocephalus according to M. O. Day et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM-PK-K11112, a skull. Its type locality is Amandelboom farm, which is in a Wuchiapingian fluvial siltstone in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Amandelboom farm

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