Platycraniellus

Platycraniellus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian cynodonts. It is known from the Early Triassic Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Normandien Formation of South Africa. The type and only species is P. elegans.[1]

Platycraniellus
Temporal range: Induan
~252–247 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Clade: Epicynodontia
Genus: Platycraniellus
van Hoepen, 1917
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Platycraniellus elegans
van Hoepen, 1917

See also

References

  1. Abdala, Fernando (2007). "Redescription of Platycraniellus Elegans (therapsida, Cynodontia) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa, and the Cladistic Relationships of Eutheriodonts". Palaeontology. 50 (3): 591–618. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00646.x.


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