Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Galesauridae

Alternative combination: Cynosuchus suppostus

Synonyms: Baurocynodon gracilis Brink 1951, Cynosaurus whaitsi Haughton 1918, Cynosuchoides whaitsi Haughton 1918, Cynosuchus whaitsi Haughton 1918, Mygalesuchus peggyae Broom 1942

Full reference: R. Owen. 1876. Descriptive and Illustrated catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia of South Africa in the Collection of the British Museum of Natural History.

Belongs to Cynosaurus according to J. A. Hopson and J. W. Kitching 1972

See also Brink 1951, Broom 1913 and Schmidt 1927

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Cynosaurus suppostus: Albany Museum, a partial skull. Its type locality is Sneeuberg Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Baurocynodon gracilis: BP/1/140, a skull. Its type locality is Toorberg, Camdeboo, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
• Cynosuchus whaitsi:
• Mygalesuchus peggyae: Its type locality is Wellwood (Dicynodon Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.

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