Phocosaurus

Phocosaurus Temporal range: 264.28–259.51 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Capitanian (Permian)
A partial skull of Phocosaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Clade:	Therapsida
Suborder:	†Dinocephalia
Family:	†Tapinocephalidae
Genus:	†Phocosaurus Seeley, 1888

Phocosaurus is an extinct genus of tapinocephalian therapsid. It was found in the Capitanian sediments in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.^[1]

See also

• List of synapsids

References

1. Lee, M.S.Y (1997). "A taxonomic revision of pareiasaurian reptiles: Implications for Permain Terrestrial Palaeoecology". Modern Geology. 21: 231-298.

External links

• "Main Groups of Non-Mammalian Synapsida". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022.